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OF THE 



Public Schools 



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CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

Board of School Commissioners ; 



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PUBLIC SCHOOLS; 

AND THE 

PUBI^IC LIBRARY. 



1879-80. 



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PRESIDENT, 




W. A. BELL. 




SECRETARY, 




JOSEPH J. BINGHAAL 




TREASURER, 




H. G. CAREY. 




SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, 




H. S. TARBELL. 




CLERK, 




JOHN R. GIBSON. 




BUILDING AND SUPPLY AGENT, 




H. C. HENDRICKSON. 




MESSENGER, 




EDWARD CROSLEY. 




Office in Library Building, corner IMeridiar 


and Circle 


streets. (3pen from 7^ A. m. to 6 p. m. 




Office of H. C. Hendrickson, Building and Su 


pply Agent, 


in office of Board, where orders intended for 


him may be 


left. Office hours from 8 to 9 o'clock a. m. 




The Officers and Janitors will be paid on the 


last day of 


each month, unless it should occur on Sunday, 


but in that 


case on the day previous. 




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Finance and Auditing, 
Merritt, Routier, and Vonnegut. 

Buildings and Grounds, 
Browning, Routier, Vonnegut, Merritt, and Brown. 

F7irnit7ire and Supplies, 
Routier, Brown, and Reasner. 

Text-Books and Course of Instruction, 
Carey, Brown, and Hyde. 

Examination of Teachers and Schools, 
President, Superintendent, Reasner, and Hyde. 

Appointment of Teachers and Salaries. 
Brov/n, Carey, and Vonnegut. 

High School, Training School, and Night Schools, 
Smith, Bingham, and Merritt. 

German, Music, and Drawing, 
Vonnegut, Smith, and Bingham. 

Heating, Ventilation, and Janitors, 
Bingham, Vonnegut, and Browniug. 

Jtidiciary, Discipline, and Boundaries, 

Reasner, Smith, and Merritt. \ 

Public Library, 
Hyde, Bingham, Browning, and Carey. 

Citizens' Ad7Jisory Library Coinmittee, 

Oscar C. McCulloch, C. C. Hines, Mrs. M. N. McKay, and 
Mrs. India Harris. 



RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT 



OF THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. 



ARTICLE I. 

ORGANIZATION OF BOARD — ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

Section i. The law establishing the Board of 
School Commissioners provides that the Board shall 
organize on the first Monday in July by " electing one 
of their number as a President, one of their number 
as a Treasurer, and one of their number as a Secre- 
tary, each of which officers shall serve for one year, 
and until his successor is elected and qualified." The 
Board shall elect at the same time and for the same 
term, a Superintendent of Schools, a Clerk, a Building 
and Supply Agent, and a Messenger. The election 
of officers shall be by ballot, and a majority of all the 
votes cast shall be necessary to a choice. 



lO RULES 

ARTICLE II. 

DUTIES OF PRESIDENT. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the President 
to preside at all meetings of the Board; preserve 
order; rigidly enforce the rules; sign all bonds, notes, 
agreements, deeds, mortgages, and other documents 
ordered to be executed by the Board; appoint all 
standing committees and all special committees, when 
not otherwise provided for; see that the requisitions 
of the laws for the government of the schools be pre- 
sented to the members of the Board at the proper 
period for their action, and that the several committees 
discharge their respective duties ; and perform such 
other duties as may properly appertain to his ofiice or 
be enjoined upon him by the Board. 



ARTICLE III. 

duties of secretary. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Secretary 
to take the general supervision of the books, accounts 
and papers of the Board; to deposit in a safe place 
all documents that require preservation, subject at all 
times to the order of the Board or the examination 
of any member thereof; to draw warrants upon the 
Treasurer for all bills, salaries and allowances author- 
ized by the Board or approved by the Finance and 



AND REGULATIONS. II 



Auditing Committe; to see that the office business of 
the Board is properly and promptly executed; to 
report at the end of each month a list of all warrants 
drawn upon the Treasurer and the funds to which 
they are chargeable; to make out at the end of the 
fiscal year a report of the financial condition of the 
Board, with a statement of the situation of the prop- 
erty in its possession and an estimate of the expendi- 
tures for the next fiscal year, and such other duties as 
may be required by law or enjoined upon him by the 
Board, 



ARTICLE IV. 

DUTIES OF TREASURER. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer 
" to give bond in such sum and with such surety as 
the Board may determine for the faithful discharge of 
his duties, and for the safe keeping and accounting 
for all moneys that may come into his hands as such 
Treasurer;"' to keep a record of his receipts and dis- 
bursements in a book to be kept by him, which shall 
at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board 
or any of its members; to report to the Board at the 
end of each month a detailed statement of receipts 
and disbursements during the month, with the balances 
to the debit or credit of the different funds, whenever 
required; to report to the Board at its meeting on the 
first Monday in July of each year the receipts and dis- 



12 RULES 

bursements of the fiscal year ending June 30, with the 
condition of the different funds ; to disburse the funds 
in his hands upon the warrants of the Secretary of the 
Board, and in no other way, and such other duties as 
may be etijoined upon him by law and the Board. 



ARTICLE V. 

DUTIES OF CLERK 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to 
keep a correct record of the proceedings of the Board 
in a book kept for that purpose, and an index to the 
same; to keep such books and in such forms and 
under such headings as the Board from time to time 
directs; to file all reports and communications that 
are accepted by the Board. It shall be his duty, 
under the direction of the Committee on Furniture 
and Supplies, to make all purchases after the com- 
mencement of the school year of supplies other than 
janitor's supplies; he shall have charge of the supply 
room of the Board, and all supplies to the several 
schools shall be issued by him upon the order of the 
principals, provided that all orders for janitors sup- 
plies shall be approved by the Building and Supply 
Agent, and orders for all other supplies, including 
text-books for teachers, books for indigent children 
and books and apparatus for night schools, shall be 
approved by the Fi'St Assistant Superintendent. He 
shall keep an itemized account of the purchase and 



AND REGULATIONS. 



distribution of each kind of supplies, charging said 
account with the amount purchased and crediting it 
with the amounts issued, and at the close of the year 
he shall make a report to the Board in the form of a 
balance sheet, showing the amount of each kind of 
supplies on hand at the close of the preceding year, 
the amount purchased, and the amount issued during 
the year to each building, with the cost of the same, 
and the balance on hand in the several school houses 
and the supply room. It shall be his duty to notify 
members of the Board of special meetings called 
according to the rules, and of changes in the time of 
regular meetings; to take general charge of the 
rooms of the Board and the property contained there- 
in; to be present at the office from 8 A, M. to 12 M., 
and from i to ^}4 P. M.; to transmit copies of all 
votes, resolutions and documents which are to be sent 
to the members of the Board, to the various commit- 
tees, to the teachers, or to other persons; to call 
together commiltees when ordered by their respective 
chairmen; to receive, have properly authenticated, 
and record all bills against the Board, and present the 
same by 2 o'clock on bill day to the Finance and 
Auditing Committee, the bills not presented at that 
time to be laid over until next bill day; to give such 
assistance to the Superintendent of Schools in the 
discharge of his ofticial and clerical duties as he may 
require, and such other duties as may be enjoined 
upon him by the Board. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT. 

Section i. The wSuperintendent of Schools shall 
act under the advice and direction of the Board, and 
shall have superintendence of all the public schools, 
and of all the teachers and assistants, record books, 
blanks, etc , and the apparatus intended for instruction 
in the schools. He shall devote himself exclusively 
to the duties of his office. He shall attend all meet- 
ings of the Board, and, when requested, those of the 
Standing Committees. He shall be present every 
day at the office of the Board, between the hours of 
4^ and 5 j-^ o'clock P. M , to attend to such office 
business as pertains to his department, except when 
a.bsent by consent of the Board. He shall direct and, 
as far as possible, supervise the details of instruc- 
tion in all the public schools of the city. He shall 
visit the schools as often as practicable, note the 
manner liiy which their defects may be obviated and 
their efficiency promoted, and if, under the existing 
rules of the Board, it be not within his power to apply 
the necessary remedies, he shall recommend to the 
Board such changes in the rules and government to 
accomplish that end, Avith such other measures as to 
him may seem advisable. 

Sec. 2. He shall keep a registry of the names and 
address of all applicants for employment as teachers, 
and of the situations applied for respectively, and 
shall cause notices to be given to such applicants, 



AND PV.EGULATIONS. 15 



Stating the time and the place for the examination of 
candidates, and notify the teachers of their appoint- 
ment. In connection with the Committee on Exami- 
nation of teachers, he shall examine all applicants 
for situations as teachers, keep a record of such exam- 
ination, and report the result to the Committee on 
the Appointment of Teachers with his recommenda- 
tions. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, 
conjointly with the Committee on the Appointment of 
Teachers, to till all vacancies occasioned by temporary 
illness or necessary absence of teachers ; to make 
other temporary arrangements relative to the schools 
which he may deem proper, and report the same to 
the Board at its first subsequent meeting. He shall 
attend the examinations of the schools, and assist in 
the same concurrently with the committee and teach- 
ers under whose direction they take place. He shall 
see that all the necessary school registers, books of 
record and blanks for the use of the teachers, are 
prepared and ready to be furnished when needed. 
He shall certify to the monthly pay rolls of the 
teachers, and shall assist the Treasurer in paying the 
same. 

Sec. 4. In the location, building and alteration 
of school houses, it shall be his duty to communi- 
cate to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds 
such information upon the subject as he may possess, 
and shall suggest such plans for the same as he may 



1 6 RULES 

consider best for the health and convenience of 
teachers and pupils, and most economical to the 
Board. 

Sec. 5. He shall make inquiry as to the number 
and the condition of the children of the city who are 
not receiving the benefits of education, and shall 
endeavor to ascertain the reasons, and to suggest and 
apply the remedies. He shall also visit the private 
or independent schools of the city once in each year 
to ascertain their condition and such facts in regard 
to the same as may be of public benefit. 

Sec. 6. At the first meeting of the Board in Jan- 
uary of each year, the Superintendent shall report to 
. the Board an estimate of the probable number of 
additional school children for whom seats should be 
provided before the month of September in the same 
year, specifying the localities in which the school 
accommodations are inadequate. He shall make an 
annual report as soon as possible after the close of 
every scholastic year, and not later than by the first 
day of October next ensuing. 

Sec. 7. He shall fix the time and prescribe the 
mode of all examinations of pupils for promotion 
from class to class, and from the primary to the high 
school, determine the conditions thereof so that they 
may be equal and uniform throughout all the schools. 
In the performance of this duty he may require the 
aid of such teachers as he may call on for the purpose. 
He shall meet the teachers at stated periods during 



AND REGULATIONS. 17 

term time, for the purpose of instructing them in the 
theory and practice of teaching and the best means 
of governing their schools. And he shall discharge 
such other duties as the Board shall from time to 
time direct. 



ARTICLE VII. 

DUTIES OF BUILDING AND SUPPLY AGENT. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of this officer to 
superintend the building of school houses, the out- 
buildings and fences, and all repairs made to the 
same, and he shall have general oversight and care of 
all the grounds and buildings under the control of the 
Board. In the purchase of materials and supplies for 
his department, including supplies for Janitors, lie 
shall be under the general direction of the Commit- 
tees on Buildings and Grounds, on Furniture and 
Supplies, on Heating, Ventilation and Janitors, and 
the Superintendent of Schools. At the end of the 
school year he shall make, in conjunction with the 
principals at the several school buildings and the 
clerk at the supply room of the Board, an inventory 
showing the amount and condition of supplies re- 
maining on hand in the several buildings and in the 
supply room, which inventory he shall file with the 
clerk; and he shall also present to the Board at its 
first regular meeting in July a statement showing the 
amount of all kinds of supplies on hand at the be- 



» RULES 

ginning of the fiscal year, the amount purchased, the 
amount issued during the year, and the amount on 
hand as shown by the above named inventory and 
account as far as possible for all deficiencies and dis- 
crepancies. He shall make contracts with the Janitors 
under the direction of the Committee on Heating, 
Ventilation and Janitors, and shall see that the janitors 
faithfully discharge their duties. He shall see that 
the arrangements for heating and ventilating the 
school houses are sufficient and kept in good order. 
During the summer vacation he shall have the school 
grounds, buildings, out houses and fences put in good 
order, and during the school term kept so, and he 
shall be subject to such other duties as the Board may 
prescribe. 



ARTICLE Vni. 

DUTIES OF MESSENGER. 

Section i. The messenger shall be subject to the 
direction of the Superintendent and Clerk; he shall 
keep the offices of the Board in order; he shall aid 
in the discharge of the clerical and office duties of 
the Superintendent and Clerk, and discharge such 
other duties as the board may prescribe. 



AND REGULATIONS 1 9 

ARTICLE IX. 

STANDING COMMITTEES 

Section i. The standing committees shall be ap- 
pointed by the President at the first regular meeting 
of the Board in July, after the first Monday, to be 
constituted as follows, and subject to the approval of 
the Board: 

1. Finance and Auditing, three members. 

2. Buildings and Grounds, five members. 

3. Furniture and Supplies, three members. 

4. Text Books and Course of Instruction, three 
members. 

5. Examination of Teachers and Schools, the 
President, Superintendent and two members. 

6. Appointment of Teachers and Salaries, three 
members. 

7. Fligh Schoul, Training School and Night 
Schools, three members. 

8. Public Library, four members and an advisory 
committee of four citizens. 

9. German, Music and Drawing, three members. 

10. Heating, Ventilation and Janitors, three 
members. 

11. Judiciary, Discipline, and Boundaries, three 
members. 

Finance and Auditing. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of this committee to 
meet upon the first and third Fridays of each month. 



20 RULES 

at 2 o'clock P M., to audit the bills presented against 
the Board, and report the same to the Board that 
night. 

All bills presented for auditing shall be counter- 
signed by the chairman of the proper committee, or 
authority which gave the order for the same. Sepa- 
rate bills shall be rendered for the furniture, repairs, 
and current expenses of each school. 

All extra work on buildings erected under contract 
must be reported to and sanctioned by the Board be- 
fore the bills for such work shall constitute a proper 
voucher for the officers of the Board. 

The monthly bills for the pay of teachers, officers, 
and janitors shall be paid upon their being approved 
by the Finance and Auditing Committee ; such bills to 
be reported at the next regular meeting of the Board. 

The committee shall, annually, at the last regular 
meeting in July, recommend to the Board the assess- 
ments to be levied for the different funds. 

At the end of each fiscal year the committee shall 
examine the vouchers upon which warrants have been 
drawn, to see that they correspond with the warrants 
issued by the Secretary, and that they have been 
properly authenticated. 

Btnldings and Grounds. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of this committee to 
have general charge of all the grounds, buildings, 
out-houses, and improvements in possession of the 



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Board, and of all repairs and improvements ordered 
by the Board ; to purchase grounds for school houses, 
under the direction and subject to the approval of the 
Board; to procure plans for new buildings, and have 
charge of the same while being erected, and to re- 
commend any changes or improvements in the school 
buildings and grounds that it may regard necessary 
or advantageous. 

Sec. 4. The committee shall report in February 
of each year such plans for the erection and enlarge- 
ment of school houses as it may deem necessary to 
meet the increased demands for school room by the 
month of September in the next school year. 

Sec. 5. The committee shall, in the months of 
June and December, and oftener, if required, examine 
into the state of the buildings belonging to the Board, 
and report what fixtures, painting, repairs or altera- 
tions may be required, and furnish an estimate of the 
cost of the same, and no repairs, the cost of which 
exceeds one hundred dollars, shall be allowed with- 
out the sanction of the committee and the order of 
the Board. 

Furniture a?id Supplies. 

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of this committee to 
recommend the purchase of such apparatus as may be 
found necessary, and the purchase, change, or altera- 
tion of school furniture as it may deem expedient. 
At a regular meeting of the Board in July of each 



22 RULES 

year it shall present to the Board an estimate of the 
amount of supplies of every kind to be provided by 
the Board for the use of teachers, pupils, and janitors 
of the public schools during the ensuing year ; and, 
with the approval of the Board, it shall make con- 
tracts for the purchase of the same/ It shall also ex- 
ercise a supervision over all subsequent purchases of 
supplies during the year, and in all cases M^herein it 
is practicable, sealed proposals for the furnishing of 
supplies, together with samples of the same, shall be 
taken and considered by the committee. 

_ Text-Books and Course of Insh'iution. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of this committee, 
annually, at the first regular meeting of the Board in 
April, to make a report embracing such facts and sug- 
gestions in regard to text- books and course of instruc- 
tion as it may think advisable to present. At this 
meeting any member may propose changes in text- 
books. All propositions for changes in text-books 
shall lie over for one month, when they may be acted 
upon. It shall not be in order for any commissioner 
at any other time to propose changes in text-books 
used in the schools, except by a vote of at least two- 
thirds of all the members of the Board. No text- 
book shall be considered as adopted, unless there 
shall be a concurrent vote of a majority of all the 
commissioners in its favor. All changes in text-books 
shall take effect only at the commencement of the 



AND REGULATIONS. - 23 



fall term of the schools, unless it be otherwise ordered 
by a vote of two- thirds of all the members of the 
Board. 

Examination of Teachers mid Schools. 

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of this committee to 
examine all candidates who may apply for situations 
in the public schools. Examinations shall be held 
whenever, in the judgment of the committee, it is 
necessary. Candidates shall be examined in the ab- 
sence of all spectators except the commissioners. It 
shall adopt such rules in regard to the examination of 
teachers as it may judge proper. A record of exam- 
inations shall be kept for the inspection of the Board, 
It shall also be the duty of this committee to examine 
the schools once during the scholastic year, and 
oftener if practicable; notice the discipline of the 
teachers and the progress of the pupils, aiid report to 
the Board the result of its examinations, with such 
suggestions as to changes or improvemenrs in the 
management of the schools as it may deem advisable. 

Appoii2t7nent of Teachers and Salaries. 

Sec. 9. At the first meeting of the Board in the 
month of June, annually, this committee shall report to 
the Board the appointment of teachers in the several 
schools, and fix their salaries for the ensuing year, 
subject to the approval of the Board. It shall, con- 
jointly with the Superintendent, make nominations to 



24 RULES 

fill new situations whenever they occur, subject to the 
approval of the Board. It shall have power, in con- 
junction with the Superintendent, to transfer teachers 
from one school to another, the principal of the school 
first being notified of the transfer, and to make tem- 
porary appointments iri cases of vacancies occurring; 
but such changes and appointments shall be reported 
to the Board at its next meeting for its final decision. 

High School, Training School, and Night Schools. 

Sec. io. This committee, with the Superinten- 
dent, shall have general supervision of these schools, 
subject to the approval of the Board. It shall be the 
duty of the committee to visit, as often as practicable, 
these schools, examine into the discipline and mode 
of instruction of each teacher, note the progress made 
by the several classes, and report to the Board at the 
end of each year their condition, with such sugges- 
tions for their improvement as it may deem advisable. 

Public Library. 

Sec. 1 1 . This committee shall have general charge 
of all matters appertaining to the Public Library, but 
the action of the committee shall be reported to the 
Board and subject to its approval. 

The committee shall, at the meeting of the Board 
preceding the annual meeting on the first Monday of 
July, in each year, nominate a Librarian, which nom- 
ination, upon the concurrence of a majority of the 



AND REGULA.TIOXS. 2$ 



members of the Board at the annual meetmg, shall 
be effective as an appouitment. 

In case of non concurrence with such nomination, 
the committee shall, at the next meeting of the Board, 
make other nominations subject to the approval of 
the Board as aforesaid. 

The Librarian shall have the privilege of nomina- 
ting his assistants for appointment by the committee, 
and the committee shall fix iheir compensation; the 
appointments and compensation to be subject to the 
approval of the Board. 

The committee shall have power to suspend the 
Librarian or assistants at any time, subject to the 
approval of the Board at its first m_eeting thereafter. 
The Librarian and assistants shall be subject to re- 
moval at any time, on the action of the committee, 
approved by a m.ajority of the members of the Board. 
The committee shall hold at least monthly meetings, 
the Librarian to act as secretary of the committee, 
and keep a record of its proceedings. The committee 
shall direct the purchase of books and all matters 
pertaining to the addition, improvement, regulation 
and management of the Library and Reading Rooms, 
and this committee shall report quarterly to the Board 
the condition of the Library, with such suggestions 
in regard thereto as it may deem practicable. No 
account or bill for books purchased for the Public 
Library shall be audited unless certified by the chair- 
man of the committee and setting forth that the books 
were ordered by the committee. 



26 RULES 

The Advisory Committee of citizens shall be in- 
vited to attend the stated meetings of the committee 
for consultation in regard to all matters affecting the 
interests of the Library. 

German^ Music and Draiuing. 

Sec. 12. This committee, with the Superintendent, 
shall have general charge of instruction in the Ger- 
man Language, Music and Drawing; it shall recom- 
mend to the committe on the appointment of Teach- 
ers, such persons as it may find best fitted to teach 
the German Language, Music and Drawing when 
appointments are to be made, suggest text-books, 
and report quarterly to the Board the condition and 
wants of these departments in the schools. 

Heating, Ventilation and Janitors. 

Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of this committee to 
attend to the heating and ventilation of the school 
buildings; to recommend to the Board the purchase 
or change of furnaces, stoves or heating apparatus ; to 
regulate, alter and prescribe the duties of the several 
janitors of the school houses, and to recommend to 
the Board their compensation ; in connection with the 
Building and Supply Agent to appoint the janitors, 
requiring in all cases, previous to appointment, satis- 
factory evidence of integrity and capability to per- 
form the duties of the position, and report its action 
to the Bjard for its approval. 



AND REGULATIONS 



yudiciary, Discipline and Boundaries. 

Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of this committee to 
consider and report upon all questions submitted to it 
by the Board, and to suggest to the Board from time 
to time such changes in the boundaries of the several 
districts, and the addition of new districts, as it may 
deem advisable for the promotion of the educational 
interests of the city. 



ARTICLE X. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Section i. The Board shall hold meetings on the 
first and third Friday evenings of each month, and 
the sessions shall commence from and including 
October to May at 7 J/2 o'clock, and from and includ- 
ing May to October at 8 o'clock. The President 
shall call the Board to order promptly at the hour 
designated for each meeting. 

Sec. 2. A majority of the Board shall be requisite 
to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, 
but a less number may vote to send for absent meni- 
bers, or to adjourn. 

Sec. 3. The following .shall be the order of busi- 
ness at the regular meetings of the Board : 
I. Roll call. 

II. Reading of minutes. 
III. Reports of officers. 



28 RULES 

IV. Reports and suggestions from Superintendent. 

V. Communications. 

VI. Reports of committees, standing and special. 

VII. Special orders. 

VIII. Unfinished business. 

IX. New and miscellaneous business. 

Sec. 4. No other business shall be done at the 
special meetings, except that which is designated in 
the call for the same. 

Sec. 5. Whenever, in his opinion, it is necessaiy, 
the President may, and at the written request of three 
members the Pjesident shall^ call a special meeting 
of the Board; but no meeting of the Board shall be 
called on shorter notice than twenty-four hours, unless 
some exigency occurs requiring more prompt action. 

Sec 6. The President shall have a vote upon all 
questions; and whenever the vote shall be a tie, the 
motion pending shall be considered lost. 

Sec. 7. The Clerk shall, at every meeting of the 
Board, furnish the President a list of reports due, the 
special orders, and all items of unfinished business, in 
the order of their appearance upon the minutes. 

Sec 8. No motion shall be considered by the 
Board unless seconded. Reports and resolutions 
must be presented in viaiting, and every motion for 
disposal of business shall be submitted in writing, if 
the President so directs, or other members of the 
Board request it. 

Sec 9. Every member present when a question 



AN'D REGULATIONS. 29 



is put, shall give his vote, unless excused by the 
Board, and the sense of the Board shall be taken by 
yeas and nays, and entered on record at the request of 
any member, if made before the vote shall be an- 
nounced. 

Sec. 10. Any rule may be suspended for the time 
being by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of 
the Board. 

Sec. II. Any and all questions arising, and not 
provided for by the rules of the Board, shall be de- 
cided according to the parliamentary rules and usages 
for the government of deliberative bodies. 

Sec. 12. All resolutions and orders of the Board 
contrary to or inconsistent with any of the foregoing 
rules, are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 13. None of the foregoing rules shall be 
repealed or altered unless two-thirds of all the mem- 
bers vote for the repeal or alteration, upon motion 
made in writing for that purpose at a previous meet- 
ing of the Board. 



Boundaries of Districts 



For Election of Commissioners. 



First District. 

Beginning at the intersection of Washington and 
Pennsylvania streets ; thence north by the center of 
Pennsylvania street to Vermont street ; thence east by 
the center of Vermont street to Delaware street; 
thence north by the center of Delavi^are street to 
Michigan street; thence east by the center of Michi- 
gan street to Alabama street; thence north by the 
center of Alabama street to North street; thence east 
by the center of North street to New Jersey street; 
thence north by the center of New Jersey street to St. 
Clair street; thence east by the center of St. Clair 
street to Chatham street; thence south by the center 
of Chatham and Liberty streets to the Union railway 
tracks ; thence south-west by the line of these tracks 
to Delaware street; thence north by the center of 
Delaware street to Virginia avenue; thence north- 
west by the center of Virginia avenue to the place of 
beginning. 



DISTRICTS FOR ELECTION PURPOSES 



Second District. 

Beginning at the intersection of Meridian and Ver- 
mont streets; thence east by the center of Vermont 
street to Delaware street; ihence north by the center 
of Delaware street to Michigan street; thence east 
by the center of Michigan street to Alabama street ; 
thence north by the center of Alabama street to North 
street; thence east by the center of North street to 
New Jersey street; thence north by the center of New 
Jersey street to St. Clair street; thence east by the 
center of St. Clair street to Park avenue; thence 
north by the center of Park avenue to Cherry street ; 
thence west by the center of Cherry street to Ft. 
Wayne avenue; thence north-east by the center of 
Ft. Wayne avenue to St. Mary street; thence west by 
the center of St. Mar>' street and First street to La- 
fayette lailroad track; thence south on the Hne of 
said railroad track to Walnut street; thence east by 
the center of Walnut street to Illinois street; thence 
south by the center of Illinois street to North street; 
thence east by the center of North street to Meridian 
street; thence south by the center of Meridian street 
to the place of beginning. 

Third District. 

Beginninof at the intersection of Pennsylvania and 
Washington streets; thence north by the center of 
Pennsylvania street to Vermont street; thence west 
by the center of Vermont street to Meridian street ; 



DISTRICTS FUR 



thence north by the center of Meridian street to 
North street; thence west by the center of North 
street to Illinois street ; thence north by the center of 
Illinois street to Walnut street ; thence west by the 
center of Walnut street to Lafayette railroad track ; 
thence south by the line of said track to Ohio street; 
thence east by center of Ohio street to Tennessee 
street ; thence south by the center of Tennessee street 
to Washington street; thence east by the center of 
Washington street to Pennsylvania street to the place 
of beginning. 

Fourth District. 

Beginning at the intersection of Tennessee and 
Washington streets; thence north by the center of 
Tennessee street to Ohio street; thence west by the 
center of Ohio street to the Lafayette railroad track; 
thence north on the line of the Lafayette railroad 
track to First street; thence west on the center of 
First street and the donation line to the west corpora- 
tion line; thence south by the corpoi'ation line to 
White river; thence eastwardly by White river and 
the center of Washington street to Tennessee street 
to the point of beginning. 

Fifth District. 

Beginning at the intersection of White river and 
Washington street; thence east by the center of 
Washington street to Virginia avenue ; thence south- 



ELECTION PURPOSES. 



33 



east by the center of Virginia avenue to Delaware 
street; thence south by the center of Delaware street 
to the Union railway tracks; thence south-west on the 
line of the Union railway tracks to Louisiana street ; 
thence west by the center of Louisiana street to Ten- 
nessee street; thence south by the center of Tennes- 
see street and the canal to the south corporation line; 
thence west on the south corporation line to White 
river; thence northwardly following the coui-se of 
White river to the place of beginning, and all west of 
White river within the city limits. 

Sidcth District, 

Beginning at a point where the Union railway 
tracks cross Alabama street ; thence south by the cen- 
ter of Alabama street to McCarty street; thence east 
by the center of McCarty street to High street; thence 
south by the center of High street to Coburn street; 
thence east by the center of Coburn street to the first 
alley running south; thence south by the center of the 
alleys on the west line of Vajen's addition and be- 
tween Wallace street and Franklin street to Yeiser 
street ; thence east by the center of Yeiser street to 
Franklin street; thence south by the center of Frank- 
lin and a continuous line to the south corporation 
line; thence west on the south corporation line to the 
canal ; thence north by the canal and the center of 
Tennessee street to the Union railway tracks; thence 



34 DISTRICTS FOR 



east by the Union railway tracks to Alabama street to 
the place of beginning. 

Seventh District. 

Beginning at a point where the Union railway 
tracks cross Alabama street; thence north-east on the 
line of said tracks to Washington street; thence east 
by the center of Washington street and the National 
Road to the east corporation line; thence south on 
the east corporation line to a line running west that 
will strike the center of Fletcher street ; thence west 
by the center of Fletcher street to the intersection of 
Fletcher avenue and Dillon street ; thence north-west 
by the center of Fletcher avenue to South street; 
thence west by the center of South street to East 
street; thence north by the center of East street to 
Louisiana street; thence west by the center of Lou- 
isiana street to Alabama street; thence north by the 
center of Alabama street to the Union railway tracks 
to the place of beginning. 

Mighth District, 

beginning at the intersection of Alabama and Lou- 
isiana streets; thence east by the center of Louisiana 
street to East street; thence south by the center of 
East street to South street ; thence east by the center 
of South street to Fletcher avenue; thence south east 
by the center of Fletcher avenue to its intersection 
with I3illon street; thence east by the center of 



ELECTION PURPOSES. 35 

Fletcher street or the continuation of Fletcher avenue 
and a continuous line to Reid street ; thence south on 
Reid street and the east corporation line to the south 
corporation line; thence west on the south corpora- 
tion line to a line running north that will strike 
Franklin street; thence north by the center of Frank- 
lin street to Yeiser street; thence west by the center 
of Yeiser street to the alley between Wallace and 
Franklin streets ; thence north by the center of the 
alleys between Wallace and Franklin streets and on 
the west of Vajen's addition to Coburn street; thence 
west by the center of Coburn street to High street; 
thence north by the center of High street to McCarty 
street; thence west by the center of McCarty street 
to Alabama street; thence north by the center of 
Alabama street to Louisiana street to the place of 
beginning. 

ninth District, 

Beginning at the intersection of Chatham and St. 
Clair streets; thence south by the center of Chatham 
and Liberty streets to the Union railway tracks south 
of Washington street; thence northeast on the line 
of said railway tracks to Washington street ; thence 
east by the center of Washington street and the Na- 
tional road to the east corporation line ; thence north 
on said corporation line to Pogue's Creek gravel 
road; thence west to the western boundary of the 
arsenal grounds; thence south on the western bound- 
ary of the arsenal grounds to a point due east of and 



36 DISTRICTS FOR 



opposite to St. Clair street; thence west from said 
point to St. Clair street ; thence west by the center of 
St. Clair street to the place of beginning. 

Tenth District, 

Beginning at the intersection of Delaware street 
and the donation line; thence south by the center of 
Delaware street to St. Mary street ; thence east by the 
center of St. Mary street to Fort Wayne avenue; 
thence southwest by the center of Fort Wayne avenue 
to Cherry street; thence east by the center of Cherry 
street to Park avenue; thence south by the center of 
Park avenue to St. Clair street; thence east by the 
center of St. Clair street and the line of the north 
boundary of the ninth district to the east corporation 
line; thence north on the east corporation line to the 
north corporation line; thence west by the north cor- 
poration line to Delaware street ; thence south by the 
center of Delaware street to the place of beginning. 

Eleventh District. 

Beginning at the intersection of Delaware street 
with the donation line; thence west on the donation 
line by the center of First street, and on the donation 
line again to the west corporation line; thence north 
on the west corporation line to the north corporation 
line; thence east on the north corporation line to 



ELECTION PURPOSES. 



Delaware Street; thence south on Delaware street to 
the place of beginning. 



The districts running to the corporation lines are 
bounded by the corporation lines, if the description 
of the boundaries of the districts does not so express it. 



Schools in Districts. 



First District, No. r . 

Second District, No. 2, 

Third District, Nos. 3 and 21. 

Fourth District, Nos. 4, 15 and 24. 

Fifth District, Nos. 5, 12 and 16. 

Sixth District, Nos 6 and 22. 

Seventh District, No. 7. 

Eighth District, Nos. 8, 13, 19, 20 and 25. 

Ninth District, Nos 9 and 14. 

Tenth District, Nos. 10 and 18. 

Eleventh Di.-trict, Nos. 11, 17 and 23. 



SCHOOL LAWS FOR CITIES 



OF 



30,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS. 



AN ACT providing for a general system of Common 
Schools in all cities of thirty thousand or more inhabit- 
ants, and for the election of a Board of School Commis- 
sioners for such cities, and defining their duties and pre- 
scribing their powers, and providing for Common School 
Libraries within such cities. 

[Approved March 3, 1871.] 

Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assem- 
bly of the State of Indiana, That in all cities of this 
State, of thirty thousand or more inhabitants, accord- 
ing to the United States census for the year eighteen 
hundred and seventy, there shall be elected bj the 
qualified electors of each school district of such city, 
one School Commissioner, to serve as a member of 
the Board of School Commissioners of such city. 
The first regular election for School Commissioners, 
under this act, shall be held on the second Saturday 
in June, in the year eighteen hundred and sevent)'- 



40 SCHOOL LAWS 



one, at the places to be fixed on for holding such 
election in the school district of such city by the 
Common Council. All elections for School Com- 
missionei's shall be held in the same manner as elec- 
tions are now held, and shall be governed by the 
same laws that now govern general and municipal 
elections; and the persons declared elected shall have 
issued to them, by the City Clerk, certificates of elec- 
tion, and they shall, within ten days thereafter, take 
an oath of office, and file the same with the City 
Clerk. All regular elections for School Commis- 
sioners shall thereafter be held annually on the second 
Saturday in June. 

Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the Com- 
mon council of any such city, on or before the first 
Monday in May, 1871, by ordinance, to district the 
city into as m.any school districts as there are wards, 
and to define the boundaries of each district, and 
such boundaries may be the present ward boundaries, 
or otherwise, as the Common Council may determine. 
Such school district shall, however be subject to 
change by the Board of School Commissioners at any 
time after its organization; and in case the number 
of districts is increased, each additional district shall 
be entitled to elect one School Commissioner for such 
district at the annual election for School Commis- 
sioners. And the Common Council shall, at the time 
such ordinance is adopted creating such districts, 
order an election to be held in each of such districts, 
for School Commissioner thereof, on the second Sat- 



FOR CITIES. 41 



urday in June following, and shall direct the City- 
Clerk to give ten days notice thereof in some daily 
newspaper of such city. 

Sec. 3, On the first Monday in July following 
the first election of School Commissioners herein 
provided for, such School Commissioners shall assem- 
ble at the office of the Board of School Trustees of 
such city, and proceed to organize the Board of 
School Commissioners of such city by electing one of 
their number as a President, one of their number as 
a Treasurer, and one of their number as a Secretaiy, 
each of which officers shall serve for one year, and 
until his successor is elected and qualified. The 
members of such Board of School Commissioners 
shall then determine, by lot, which three of their 
number shall hold office for three years, and which 
three shall hold office for two years; and after hav- 
ing so determined, the President of the Board shall 
issue to the persons so determined, certificates entitl- 
ing them to hold office for the term respectively al- 
lotted, and the remaining members shall receive from 
the President of the Board certificates showing that 
each is entitled to hold office for one year; and all 
persons elected as School Commissioners at the an- 
nual elections thereafter shall be entitled to hold 
office for three years each. All vacancies occurring 
at any time prior to the annual election shall be filled 
by a ballot vote of a majority of the members of such 
Board, and the persons so elected to fill such vacan- 
cies shall serve until the next annual election for 



42 SCHOOL LAWS 



School Commissioners, All persons elected at any 
regular annual election, cr by the Board to fill any 
vacancy, shall serve until their successors are elected 
and qualified. It is hereby made the duty of the 
Board of School Trustees, in office at the time of the 
organization of the Board of School Commissioners, 
to at once turn over to the Board of School Commis- 
sioners all books and papers pertaining to their trust, 
and to place in possession of the Board of School 
Commissioners all moneys, title papers and property 
belonging to the School Trustees or Common Schools 
of such city, and such Board of School Trustees shall 
thereafter cease to perform any and all duties what- 
ever connected with the schoo's of such city. 

Sec. 4. Such Board of School Commissioners is 
hereby authorized : 

1. To district the city for the purpose of electing 
School Commissioners therein, and also to subdivide 
the cUy for general school purposes. 

2, To levy all taxes for the support of the schools 
within such city, including such taxes as may be 
required for paying teachers, in addition to the taxes 
now authorized to be evied by the General Assembly 
of this S ate by the general laws thereof: Provided, 
No such tax levy in any one year shall exceed the 
sum of twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars 
of the icvxable property as assessed for city taxes by 
the City Assessor, for purchasing grounds, building 
school houses, and furnishing supplies for such build- 
ings, or twenty-five cents on each one hundred dol- 



FOR CITIES. 43 



lars of such taxable property for the purpose of paying 
teachers. 

3. To levy a tax each year';of not exceeding one- 
fifth of one mill on each dollar of taxable property 
assessed for city taxes by the City Assessor for the 
support of free libraries in connection with the com- 
mon schools of such city, and to disburse any and all 
revenue raised by such tax levy in the purchase of 
books for and in the fitting up of suitable rooms for 
such libraries, and for salaries to librarians; also to 
make and enforce such regulations as they may deem 
necessary for the taking out from and returning to, 
and for the proper care of all books belonging to 
such libraries, and to prescribe penalties for the vio- 
lation of such regulations. 

4. To examine, either 'by a committee of such 
Boai d of School Commissioners, or by an officer of 
such Board selected for that purpose, all teachers 
applying for positions in the schools of the city, and 
to license such as may be qualified, such license to be 
limited to the city in which the same is granted. 

5. To purchase grounds, construct school build- 
ings, purchase supplies, employ and pay teachers, 
appoint superintendents, and disburse, through the 
Treasurer of the Board of School Commissioners, 
moneys for all school and libraiy expenses, 

6. To require the Treasurer of the Board of 
School Commissioners to give bond in such sum,''and 
with such surety as the Board may determine for the 
faithful discharge of his duties, and for the safe keep- 



44 SCHOOL LAWS 



ing and faithful accounting for all moneys that may 
come into his hands as such treasurer. 

7. To establish and enforce regulations for the 
grading of and course of instruction in the schools of 
the city, and for the government and discipline of 
such schools. 

8. To pi-epare, issue, and sell bonds to secure 
loans not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of one 
hundred thousand dollars, in anticipation of the reve- 
nue for building school houses, to bear such rate of 
interest, not exceeding ten per cent, per annum, and 
payable at such time within five years from date as 
the Board may determine, and the money obtained 
as a loan on any such bonds, shall be disbursed by 
order of such Board, in payment of expenses incurred 
in building school houses ; Provided, That until all 
the bonds of any one issue shall have been redeemed, 
such Board shall not be authorized to make another 
issue, nor shall any such bonds be sold at a less rate 
than ninety-five cents on the dollar. 

Sec. 5. All levies of taxes made by order of the 
Board of School Commissioners shall be certified by 
its President and Secretary to the City Clerk, who 
shall cause the same to be placed on the tax duplicate 
against all property assessed for dty taxes, and the 
City Treasurer shall collect the same as city taxes are 
collected, and shall once in each month pay over all 
such taxes so collected to the Treasurer of the Board 
of School Commissioners of such city. All taxes 
hereafter collected by the County Treasurer for school 



FOR CITIES. 45 



purposes on levies hereafter made, and all moneys 
that may be hereafter distributed as part of the com- 
mon school fund by county officers to which the com- 
mon schools of such city shall be entitled, shall be 
paid over by the Coun'y Treasurer to the Treasurer 
of the Board of School Commissioners, and all taxes 
hereafter collected by the City Treasurer on levies 
heretofore made for school purposes, shall be paid 
over by such Ti^easurer once in each month to the 
Treasurer of the Board [of] School Commissioners 
of such city. 

Sec. 6. Such Board of School Commissioners 
shall hold its session at such times as it may deter- 
mine, and shall keep a record of all its proceedings; 
and the members of such Board shall serve without 
any compensation whatever. 

vSec. 7. ^The Common Council of any city hav- 
ing a less population than thirty thousand inhabitants, 
may, by a majority vote of the members thereof, at 
any time, order the election of members of a Board 
of School Commissioners, according to the provisions 
of this act; which Board, when elected and organ- 
ized shall have all the powers, and shall perform all 
the duties required by the provisions of this act, and 
shall supersede the Board of School Trustees then in 
office. 

Sec. 8. All parts of the general school laws of 
this State not inconsistent herewith, and which may 

■■' Unconstitutional. 



46 SCHOOL LAWS FOR CITIES. 

be applicable to the general system of common schools 
in such city, herein provided for, shall be in full 
force and effect in such city. And all provisions of 
the general school laws inconsistent herewith be and 
the same are hereby repealed, so far as the same are 
applicable to common schools in any city having 
thirty thousand or more inhabitants. 

Sec. 9. It is hereby declared that an emergency 
exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, 
therefore, this act is declared to be in force from and 
after its passage. 



SUPPLEMENTAL ACTS. 

TEMPORARY LOANS. 

[Approved March 3, 1877.] 

Section i. "^Be it enacted by the General Assem- 
bly of the State of Indiana, That the Board of School 
Commissioners of any city embraced within the pro- 
visions of an act entitled "An act providing for a 
general system of common schools in all cities of 
thirty thousand or more inhabitants, and for the elec 
tion of a Board of School Commissioners for such 
cities, and defining their duties and prescribing their 
powers, and providing for common school libraries 
within such cities," approved March 3, 187 1, may 
whenever the funds for the support of common 
schools in such city, throughout the regular school 
year, shall be insufficient or exhausted, make tempor- 
ary loans for the support of such schools during such 
time, and until the receipt of the school revenue of 
the current year; but no more than is sufficient for 
such purpose, nor the amount of such revenue for the 
current year, shall be borrowed at any one time, and 
no further loan shall be made until such temporary 
loan shall be paid. 



*See Acts 1877, Reg. Sess , p. 123. 



48 SUPPLEMENTAL ACTS. 



LIMITING TAXATION. 

Extract from an act approved March 3, 1 87 7, see 
Acts of 1877, Regular Session, page 16, regulating 
the indebtedness of cities having a voting population 
of over sixteen thousand : 

"And it shall not be lawful for the Board of School 
Commissioners of any such city to levy or assess 
taxes for any one year, exceeding, in the aggregate, 
twenty cents on the hundred dollars of property re- 
turned upon the city tax duplicate for the current 
year; Provided, however. In addition to the sum of 
twenty cents aforesaid, said Board of School Com- 
missioners may levy a tax each year for the support 
of free libraries, as now provided by sub section 3 of 
section 4 of an act providing for a general system of 
common schools in all cities of thirty thousand or 
more inhabitants, etc., approved March 3, 1 87 1." 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



@Mcer6 and fcachcr^. 



Superintendent of Schools, 

H. S. TARBELL, 

890 N. Alabama street. 

Clerk of Superintendent, 
JOHN R. GIBSON. 



Assistant Superintendents, 

J. J. Mills, 226 College avenue ^1,800 

Lewis H. Jones, no Plum street 1,200 



Superintendent of Primary Instruction, 

Miss N. Cropsey, 85 College avenue ^1,200 



Supervisors of Special Branches, 

Geo. B. Loomis, Music, 574 North Alabama 

street ^1,200 

Jesse H. Brown, Drawing, 209 Broadway i>350 

Charles E. Emmerich, German, 251 North 

Liberty street 250 



4 



so OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 


Offices of the Public Schools in the Sentinel 


Building, 




OFFICE HOURS. 




Superintendent, from 4^^ to 5j-^ P. M. each ^ 


vveek 


day. 




Clerk, from 8 A. M. to 5^^ P. M. each week 


day. 


First Assistant Superintendent, 4)4. to 5 P. M. 


each 


school day. 




Second Assistant Superintendent, 4^ to 5 P 


. M. 


Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 




Superintendent of Primary Instruction, 4^ 


to 5 


P. M. Tuesday. 




Supervisor of Drawing, 4^ to 5 P. M. Wednesday. 


Supervisor of Music, 4^ to 5 P. M Thursday. 


Supervisor of German, 4)4 to 5 P. M, Friday. 




Normal School, 


In High School Building. 




Lewis H. Jones, Principal, no Plum street .. 


^200 


Armada G. Paddock, Assistant, 277 North 




Delaware street , 


950 


Mi^m g€fM&Qm. 


Corner of Pennsylvania and Michigan Streets. 




J. B. Roberts, 211 Park avenue. Principal $\ 


,750 


Eli F. Brown, 158 Broadway, Ass't Principal ] 


,200 


A. W. Brayton, Irvington 


950 


C. E. Emmerich, 251 North Liberty street..... 


950 


■ 1 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 5 I 



Mary E. Nicholson, 232 Broadway $950 

James O. Wright, 799 North Tennessee street 950 

Fidelia Anderson, 293 North Delaware street 950 

May W. Thompson, 561 North Alabama street 950 

Mary A. McGregory, 273 North Delaware street 950 

Ellen F. Thompson, 743 North Tennessee street 850 

Geo. W. HufFord, 427 North East street 800 

A. W. Brayton, Curator of Museum 150 

No 1, 

Corner Vertnont and New Jersey Streets. 
Mary Colgan, Principal, 4 A B^", Room I, 170 

Christian avenue 700 

Ida Zimmerman, 3 A B, Room 4, 566 East 

Washington street. 400 

Emma Coffman, 2 A B, Room 3, 97 North 

New Jersey street 480 

Mary Altland, i A B, Room 2, 299 North 

Davidson street ,..,.. 480 

No. 2. 

Corner Delaware and Walnut Streets. 

Herbert L. Rust, Principal, 8 B, Room 3, 

Remy Hotel 950 

Lydia Halley, 7 A, Room 9, 16 East Michi- 
gan street , 570 



*The figures following the teacher's name indicate the 
year of school work being done by her class, i meaning 
first or lowest year; B signifying beginning or first half 
of the year's work, A advanced or second half of the year's 
work. 



52 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 

Ida Stearns, 7 B, Room 10, 288 Bellefontaine 

street i?45o 

Rachel Hickey, 6 B, Room 11, 561 North 

Alabama street 530 

Maggie Merrill, 5 A, Room 12, 154 North 

New Jersey street 530 

Adell Aldrich, 5 B, Room 5, 371 North Ten- 
nessee street 400 

Nannie T. Flanner, 4 A, Room 6, 230 East 

Vermont street 480 

Kate E. Cofhn, 4 B, Room 7, 410 North Penn- 
sylvania street , 530 

Fannie Jameson, 3 A, Room 8, 44 Cherry 

street 480 

Hattie A. Scott, 3 B, Room 4, 254 North East 

street 480 

Anna B. Keay, 2 B, Room 2, 378 North East 

street , 480 

Lottie Loyd, i A B, R.oom i, 165 Park ave- 
nue 530 

Sophie C Dithmer, German, Room 14, 324 

North Alabama street 530 

William A. Geers, German, Room 15, 473 

North Illinois street, (half day) 200 

No. 3. 

Meridian Street, between Ohio and New York Streets. 

George F. Bass, Principal, 8 A, Room 6, 367 

College avenue 950 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 53 



William H. Bass, 7 A and 8 B, Room 11, 318 

North Delaware street ^57° 

Florence Fay, 7 B, Room 10, 446 North East 

street 57° 

Sadie Kirlin, 6 A, Room 4, 526 North Illinois 

street 53° 

Donia Allen, 6 B, Room 8, 132 West Ver- 
mont street 53° 

Frances Martin, 5 A, Room 7, 290 Chris«^^ian 

avenue 45° 

Helen Hickey, 5 B, Room 9, 561 Nortti Ala- 
bama street 4^0 

Salome Waite, 4 A, Room 12, 373 North Del- 
aware street... 45^^ 

M. C. Tichenor, 4 B, Room 5 

Alice C. Tattersall, 3 A, Room 14, 40 EngHsh 

avenue 53^ 

Hattie Cadwallader, 3 B, Room 3, 317 East 

Ohio street 480 

SaUie Wells, 2 A B, Room 2, 119 North Illi- 
nois street 420 

Mary Bass, 2 B, i A B, Room i, 406 Ash 

street 45° 

Mary Avey, German, Room 15, 408 West 

North street 4S0 

No. 4. 

Corner 0/ Michigan and Blackford Streets. 
Eliza T. Ford, Principal, 8 A B, Room I, 6 

East Michigan street , 950 



52 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 

Ida Stearns, 7 B, Room 10, 288 Bellefontaine 

street ^450 

Rachel Hickey, 6 B, Room 11, 561 North 

Alabama street 530 

Maggie Merrill, 5 A, Room 12, 154 North 

New Jersey street 530 

Adell Aldrich, 5 B, Room 5, 371 North Ten- 
nessee street 400 

Nannie T. Planner, 4 A, Room 6, 230 East 

Vermont street 480 

Kate E. Coffin, 4 B, Room 7, 410 North Penn- 
sylvania street 530 

Fannie Jameson, 3 A, Room 8, 44 Cherry 

street 480 

Hattie A, Scott, 3 B, Room 4, 254 North East 

street 480 

Anna B. Keay, 2 B, Room 2, 378 North East 

street 480 

Lottie Loyd, i A B, Room i, 165 Park ave- 
nue 530 

Sophie C Dithmer, German, Room 14, 324 

North Alabama street 530 

William A. Geers, German, Room 15, 473 

North Illinois street, (half day) 200 

No. 3. 

Meridian Street, between Ohio and New York Streets. 

George F. Bass, Principal, 8 A, Room 6, 367 

College avenue 950 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 53 



William H. Bass, 7 A and 8 B, Room 11, 318 

North Delaware street $570 

Florence Fay, 7 B, Room 10, 446 North East 

street 57° 

Sadie Kirlin, 6 A, Room 4, 526 North Illinois 

street 53° 

Donia Allen, 6 B, Room 8, 132 West Ver- 
mont street 53° 

Frances Martin, 5 A, Room 7, 290 Christian 

avenue 45° 

Helen Hickey, 5 B, Room 9, 561 North Ala- 
bama street 480 

Salome Waite, 4 A, Room 12, 373 North Del- 
aware street 450 

M, C. Tichenor, 4 B, Room 5 

Alice C. Tattersall, 3 A, Room 14, 40 English 

avenue 53^ 

Hattie Cadwallader, 3 B, Room 3, 317 East 

Ohio street 480 

Salhe Wells, 2 A B, Room 2, 119 North Ilh- 

nois street 420 

Mary Bass, 2 B, i A B, Room i, 406 Ash 

street 45° 

Mary Avey, German, Room 15, 408 West 

North street 4S0 

No. 4. 

Corner of Michigan and Blackford Streets. 
Eliza T. Ford, Principal, 8 A B, Room I, 6 

East Michigan street 950 



56 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 

A. William Geers, German, (half day,) 473 

North Illinois street ^200 

No. 7. 

Comer of Bates and Benton Streets. 

Nelson Yoke, Principal, 8 B, Room 8, 217 

Fletcher avenue 950 

Kate A. Thompson, 7 B, Room 7', 277 Vir- 
ginia avenue 570 

M. Liggett, 6 B, Room 10, 166 North Missis- 
sippi street 

Mollie Z. Gilkison, 5 B, Room 9, 127 Meek 

street 420 

Anna J, Griffith, 5 B, Room 12, 297 East Mc- 

Carty street 480 

Olive McElwee, 4 A, Room 11, 315 E. Ohio 

street 530 

Augusta Byram, 4 B, Room 2, 1 10 West Ver- 
mont street 530 

Augusta Gilkison, 3 A, Room i, 127 Meek 

street 480 

Anna Tattersali, 3 B, Room 4, 40 English ave- 
nue 480 

Kate Rogers, 2 A, Room 3, 82 North Noble 

street , 480 

Anna Homan, 2 B, Room 6, 154 South New 

Jersey street 480 

Delia Echols, i B, Room 5, 266 N. East st. 450 

Mary Brueckner, German, Room 9, 154 North " 

New Jersey street 400 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 57 



No. 8. 

Virginia Avenue, corner Huron Street. 

Delia Curtis, Principal, I B A and 2 B, Room 

I, 300 South New Jersey $700 

A. B. Thomas, 5 B and 4 A, Room 3, 4'2 

Fletcher avenue.. 530 

Mattie Lannes, 4 B and 3 A, Room 5, 275 

North Pine street 480 

Lucretia Hobart, 3 B and 2 A, Room 4, 277 

Virginia avenue 480 



K 9. 

Comer Vermont and Davidson Streets. 

Henrietta Schrake, Principal, 8 B, Room I, 

253 North Noble street 950 

Anna Schrake, 7 B, Room 9, 253 North Noble 

street 480 

Carrie Cleaver, 6 B, Room 11, 327 East New 

York street 530 

Margaret Hamilton, Critic, 5 A and 5 B, 

Rooms 8 and 10, 102 Park avenue.. .,,... 800 
Susie Bradley, 4 A, Room 12, 129 Peru street 530 
Fannie Morrison, 4 B, Room 7, 331 North 

New Jersey street 530 

Anna D. Klinge, 3 A, Room 5, 305 East South 

street 555 

Augusta Franck, 3 B, Room 2, 154 North New 

Jersey street 505 



58 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 



Helen F. Bullard, 2 A, Room 3, 625 North 

Pennsylvania street $5^5 

Emily Tschirch, 2 B, Room 6, 333 Davidson 

street 555 

Nettie Wolfram, i A, Room 13, 201 North 

New Jersey street 480 

Rachel Segar, i B, Room 4, 227 East Wash- 
ington street 530 

Elnora Haag, German, Room 14, 31 Broad- 
way 530 

'Bo. 10. 

Corner Home Avenue and Ash Street. 

Henrie Colgan, Principal, 8 B, Room 6, 170 

Christian avenue 1,000 

Ruama Wales, 7 A, Room 10, 96 College ave- 
nue o 570 

Amy E. Wales, 7 B, Room 8, 96 College ave- 
nue 570 

Marguerite Zearing, 6 A, Room 5, 233 Col- 
lege avenue.. 530 

Rosa Dark, 5 A B, Room 9, 291 Broad- 
way 530 

Julia D. Ruick, 5 B, Room 7, 345 Ash street 530 

Carrie Jones, 3 A, Room 12, 809 North Meri- 
dian street 420 i 

Ida Morse, 3 B, Room 11, 37 Ash street 480 

Ella Norris, 2 A, Room 3, 231 Peru street 480 

Ella Jones, 2 B, Room i, 130 Ash street 480 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 59 



Julia Ashley, 2 B and I A, Room 4, 158 Ash 

street ^53° 

Lois Hoyt, i B, Room 2, 170 Rohampton 

street 53° 

University Building. 

Mary H. Fulton, 6 B, Room 10, 444 North 

Tennessee street 5^° 

Lizzie Stearns, 6 B, Room 19, 288 Bellefon- 

taine street 45^ 

Ida Nelson, 4 A, Room ii, 309 Ash street 450 

Dute Lanham, 4 A B, Room 14, 124 But- 
ler street 53*^ 

Annie Morrison, 4 B, Room 12, 331 North 

New Jersey street 53^ 

Mary Dye, 3 B, Room 13, 178 Broadway 480 

Brookside. 

Kate Phipps, Grades i, 2 and 3, 301 North 

Delaware street 600 

No. 11. 

Corner Fourth and Tennessee Streets. 

Emma Donnan, Principal, 8 B, Room 5, 126 

North Tennessee street 95° 

Emily M. Ensign, 7 B, Room 7, 705 North 

Illinois street 57° 

Laura Donnan, 6 B, Room 12, 126 North 

Tennessee street 53° 



6o OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 

Kate E. Espy, 5 B, Room 8, 526 North Illi- 
nois street ^530 

Mattie Robinson, 4 A, Room 11, 876 North 

Mississippi street 480 

Juliet Moore, 4 B, Room 10, 107 East St. Jo- 
seph street ,., 530 

Cora Day, 3 A, Room 3, 127 West Sixth street 480 

Lizzie Meskill, 3 B, Room 2, 549 North Ten- 
nessee street 480 

May Minich, 2 A, Room i, 520 North Illinois 

street 480 

May W. Donnan, 2 B, Room 4, 799 North 
Tennessee street 

Mary P. Cm-rie, I A B, Room 6, 614 North 

Pennsylvania street 530 

Emma Burwerth, German, (half day,) Room 

9, 70 West Eighth street..., 240 

No. 12. 

Corner West and McCarty Streets. 

Mary E. Perry, Principal, 6 B, Room 2, 132 

West Vermont street 850 

M. E. Cameron, 5 A B, Room 5, 318 Pleasant 

street 530 

Emma Richman, 4 B, Room 7, 16 Fletcher 

avenue 400 

Anna Svi^ett, 3 A B, Room 6, 399 North Ala- 
bama street 480 

Carrie McCormack, 3 B and 2 B, Room 8, 80 

South Tennessee street 480 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 6l 



Laura Black, 2 B, Room 3, 85 Cliftord avenue $480 

Dollie David, i A, Room 4, 210 Union street 400 
Jennie S. Huron, I B, Room I, 268 South 

Meridian street.. S^^ 

Marie Steffe, German, Room 9, 351 South 

Pennsylvania street , 53° 

No. 13. 

Corner Buchanan and Beaty Streets. 

M. S. Ingersoll, Principal, 8 B, Room 11, 165 

East Merrill street 95° 

M. H. Ingersoll, 8 B, Room 10, 165 East Mer- 
rill street ••• 57° 

L T. Benson, 7 B, Room 8, 16 East Michi- 
gan ' 570 

A. V. Demree, 6 A, Room 12, 305 East South 

street 530 

M. L. Mather, 6 B and 5 A, Room 9, 344 

Olive street • 53° 

L. Van Deusen, 5 B, Room 7, 218 Huron 

street 420 

H. E. Galbraith, 4 A B, Room 3, 138 Massa- 
chusetts avenue 53° 

N. A. Galbraith, 3 A, Room 4, 138 Massachu- 
setts avenue 45° 

S. H. Harrison, 3 B, Room 5, 45 Huron street 480 

Isabel King, Critic, 2 A. B, Rooms i and 2, 

63 North East street 700 



62 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 


N. J. Simpson, i A B, Room 6, 389 Virginia 
avenue , 


^440 
530 

850 

530 
530 

530 

450 

480 

530 

450 

• 

ts. 

700 

480 

400 


H. G. Sturm, German, 35 Coburn street.. 
No. 14. 

Ohio Street, east of Highland Avenue. 
Mary T. Lodge, Principal, 8 B and 7 B, Room 
8, 732 East Washington street 


Mary A. Hancock, 6 B, Room 6, 327 East 
New York street 


Beatrice S. Foy, 5 B, Room 7, 90 Benton 

Agnes C. Lannes, 4 A B, Room 2, 275 North 
Pine street 


Millie S. Hancock, 3 B, Room 4, 327 East 
New York street 


Dora Hall, 2 A B, Room 3, East Washington 
street 


Mary Biedenmeister, i A B, Room i, 265 
East New York street 


Louise Tschirch, German, 333 North David- 
son street 


No. 15. 

Market Street, between West and California Stree 

Annie Barbour, Principal, 4 A B, Room 1,216 
North West street 


Harrie G, Robinson, 3 A B, Room 3, 118 
North Mississippi street 


Lillian Gilmore, 2 A B, Room 4, 174 West 
Ohio street 




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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.. 



Myra li. Peck, 2 B, i A B, Room 2, 283 

West Michigan street ^53^ 

No. 16. 

Indianola, corner Ray and Plum Streets. 

M. V. Marshall, Principal, Grades 7, 6, 5, 

Room 2, 383 Massachusetts avenue 750 

S. E. Prather, Grades 4, 3, Room 3, West 

Indianapolis 530 

Bell Carroll, Grades 2, I, Room I, West 

Indianapolis 530 

No. 17. 

Corner Michigan Road and Huntington Street. 

Jennie W. Bass, Principal, 5 B, Room 3, 318 

North Delaware street 700 

Anna A. Courtney, 4 A B, Room 5, 325 Blake 

street 420 

Maggie M. Laird, 3 A B, Room 2, 454 North 

California street 480 

Prudie Lewis, 2 A B, Room 4, 325 North 

Missii-slppi street 480 

Ella Davis, i A B, Room i, 590 North Illi- 
nois street 530 

No. 18. 

Yandes Street, betiaeen Home Avenue and Lincoln Street. 

L. E. Christy, 8 B and 7 B, Room i, 81 Yan- 
des street 700 



64 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 

A. Harrison, 5 B and 4 B, Room 4, Excelsior 

avenue j^400 

Elva H. Terry, 3 B and 2 B, Room 2, 28 

Yandes street 480 

Anna M. Spaulding, i A B, Room 3, 312 W. 

Market street 480 

No. 19. 

Shelby Street, south of Prospect Street. 
Mary R. Wilson, Principal, Grades 6, 5, 4, 

Room I, 240 Virginia avenue 750 

Emily L, McCoy, Grades 3, 2, Room 2, 123 

West South street 480 

Sarah Youtsey, Grades 2, I, Room 4, 169 

Buchanan street 480 

No. 20. 

spruce Street, sotith of Prospect Street. 

Jennie Lindley, Principal, 6 A B, Room 2, 80 

Peru street 850 

Auska Lindley, 5 A, Room 6, 80 Peru street... 530 

Lucy Carle, 5 B and 4 A, Room i, 32 School 

street 530 

Belle Lindley, 4 B, Room 7, 80 Peru street... 530 

Fanny Murphy, 3 A, Room 8, 1 1 Smithson 

street 400 

Maria Trueman, 3 B, Reed street, Carlisle 

Block 420 

Florence Patterson, 2 A B, Room 5, 167 Pros- 
pect street 480 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 65 



Anna Wright, 2 B and i A, Room 4, 138 

Massachusetts avenue $53^ 

Ida E, Anderson, I, Room 3, 222 E. St. Clair 

street 480 

Emma Grobe, German, Room 9, 276 South 

Meridian street 400 

No. 21. 

N^evj York Street, between Illinois and Tennesset Streets. 

Roxie Hall, Principal, i and 2, Room 4, 289 

Bright street — 450 

No. 22. 

Corner Chestnut and Hill Streets. 

Mary A. McKeever, Principal, 6 B 5 A, Room 

I, 342 South New Jersey street 850 

Leonora Benson, 5 B 4 A, Room 8, 172 East 

Morris street 450 

Mattie E, Rihl, 4 B, Room 7, 127 Lincoln 

street 400 

Alfie C. Wilmot, 3 B, Room 3, 373 Coburn 

street 480 

Lydia B. Morris, 2 A B, Room 4, 156 North 

Illinois street 480 

Mary A. Calhoun, i A B, Room 2, 795 North 

Tennessee street.., 530 

Minna Ebmeier, German, Room 6, 314 Union 

street 530 



5 



<.if 



66 OFFICERS AND TEACHERS 

No. 23. 

Corner Fourth and Howard Streets. 

Ben. D. Bagby, Principal, 6 B and 5 B, Room 

1 , 289 Blake street i?700 

K. C. Evans, 4 B and 3 B, Room 4, 758 North 

Tennessee street 480 

S. A, McCary, 3 A and 2 A B, Room 3, 217 

West Michigan street ,, 480 

E. V. Gentry, i A B, Room 2, 641 North 

Mississippi street 420 

No. 24. 

Corner North and Minerva Streets. 

Robert B. Bagby, Principal, 8 B and 7 B, Room 

3, 289 Blake street 850 

Saidie V. W. Ireland, 6 B, Room 7 530 

Wm. D. McCoy, 5 B, Room 8, 79 Kentucky 

avenue 480 

Mary E. Willson, 4 B, Room 6, 480 West 

North street 480 

Victoria A. Willson, 3 B, Room 5, 480 West 

North street 480 

Mary G. Carter, 2 B, Room i, 480 W. North 

street 480 

H. C. Campbell, i B, Room 4, corner State 

and Sturm streets 530 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 67 



No. 25. 

Corner New Jersey and Merrill Streets. 

Etta Bradshaw, Principal, 6 B and 5 A, Room 

3, 196 South New Jersey street ^850 

N. Van de Grift, 5 B, Room 8, 306 South Me- 
ridian street 53^ 

M. E. Ware, 4 A B, Room 6, 178 Broad- 
way 530 

Male C. LeMonde, 3 A, Room 5, near Crown 

Hill =, 400 

M. Haslep, 3 B, Room 7, 255 Virginia avenue 

Augusta M. Siddall, 2 A, Room 4, 227 East 

Louisiana street 480 

Jesse B. Miller, 2 B, Room 2, 266 South Me- 
ridian street 400 

Lottie Homan, i A B, Room i, 154 S. New 

Jersey street , 420 

Laura Grobe, German, Room 9, 276 South 

Meridian street 450 



Boundaries of Districts 

FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 



The following boundaries designate the districts 
for school purposes, and the number and location of 
the school houses in each district, both for Grammar 
and Primary schools. 

Pupils must attend the school in the district in 
which they reside. This rule is imperative unless 
for some spe- i it reason the superintendent of schools 
transfers pupi,.- to another district. 



No. 1. 

Corner Vermont and New Jersey Streets. 
PRIMARY. 

Beginning at the intersection of Michigan and 
Liberty streets; thence south by the center of Liberty 
to the Union Railway; thence along the Union rail- 
way to Delaware street; thence north by the center 
of Delaware street to Virginia avenue; thence by 
the center of Virginia avenue to Washington street; 
thence east by the center of Washington street to 
Delaware street ; thence north by the center of Dela- 
ware street to Michigan street; thence east by the 
center of Michigan street to Liberty street. 



DISTRICTS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 69 

No. 2. 

Comer Delaware and Walnut Streets, 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of Liberty and Mich- 
igan streets; thence west by the center of Michigan 
street to Illinois street ; thence north by the center of 
Illinois street to First street; thence east by the center 
of First street to Pennsylvania street; thence north 
by the center of Pennsylvania street to Home avenue ; 
thence east to Central avenue; thence south by the 
center of Central avenue to Cherry street; thence east 
by the center of Cherry street to Park avenue ; thence 
south by the center of Park avenue and Liberty street 
to Michigan street. 

No. 3. 

Meridian Street, between Ohio and New York Streets. 
GRAMMAR. 

Commencing at the intersection of Michigan and 
East streets ; thence south by the center of East street 
to the Union railvv^ay tracks; thence west along said 
tracks to Missouri street; thence north by the center 
of Missouri street to North street ; thence East by the 
center of North street to Illinois street; thence south 
by the center of IlHnois street to Michigan street; 



70 



DISTRICTS FOR 



thence east by the center of Michigan street to East 
street the place of beginning. 

PRIMARY. 

Beginning at the intersection of Michigan and Del- 
aware streets; thence south by the center of Delaware 
street to Washington street ; thence west to Missouri 
street. Western and northern boundaries the same 
as above. 

No. 4. 

Corner of Michigan and Blackford Streets. 
GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of First street and 
Lafayette railroad ; thence south by Lafayette railroad 
tracks to the Union railway tracks ; thence along said 
railway tracks to White river ; thence northward along 
White river to First street; thence east on First street 
to the Lafayette railroad, the place of beginning. 

PRIMARY. * 

For primary purposes the southern boundary in the 
center of New York street, and the northern boundaiy 
is the center of North street and Indiana avenue. 

No. 5. 

Maryland Street, between Mississippi and Missouri Streets. 

PRIMARY. 

Beginning at the intersection of Pennsylvania and 
Washington streets; thence by the center of Virginia 



SCHOOL PURPOSES. 7 I 



avenue to Delaware street; thence south by the cen- 
ter of Delaware street to the Union railway tracks ; 
thence along said tracks to White river; thence north 
along said river to Washington street; thence east by 
the center of Washington street to the place of begin- 
ning. 

"No. 6. 

Corner Union and Phipps Streets. 
GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY. 

Beginning at the intersection of the Union railway 
tracks and the J., M. and I. R, R.; thence south by 
the J. M. & I R. R. to the center of Ray street; 
thence west along the center of Ray street to Tennes- 
see street; thence north by the center of Tennessee 
street to the Union railway tracks; thence east by the 
Union railway tracks to the place of beginning. 

No. 7. 

Corner of Bates and Benton Streets. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. . 

Beginning at the intersection of the corporation 
line and Michigan road; thence by the center of 
Michigan road to Washington street ; thence west by 
the center of Washington street to the C, C, C. & I. 
R. R.; thence along said railway to Virginia avenue; 
thence south on Virginia avenue to Louisiana street ; 
thence east by the center of Louisiana street to East 
street; thence south by the center of East street to 



72 DISTRICTS FOR 



South street; thence east by the center of South street 
and Fletcher avenue to corporation line; thence north 
on coi-poration line to the place of beginning. 

No. 8. 

Virginia Avenue, corner Huro7t Street. 
PRIMARY. 
Beginning at the intersection of Virginia avenue 
and South street; thence east along the center of 
South street and Fletcher avenue to Dillon street; 
thence south by the center of Dillon street to Virginia 
avenue; thence northwest by the center of Virginia 
avenue to McCarty street; thence west by the center 
of McCarty street to East street ; thence north by the 
center of East street to the place of beginning. 

No. 9. 

Corner Vermont and Davidson Streets. 
GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of East and Michigan 
streets; thence south by the center of East street to 
the C, C, C. & I. R. R. track; thence northeast 
along said track to St. Clair street; thence west by the 
center of St. Clair street to Liberty street; thence 
south by the center of Liberty street to Michigan 
street; thence west by the center of Michigan street 
to the place of beginning. 

PRIMARY. 

The western boundary is the center of Liberty 
street. 



SCHOOL PURPOSES, 73 



No. 10. 

Corner Home Avenue and Ash Street. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of St. Clair street and 
Park avenue ; thence east by the center of St. Clair 
street to Pogue's Run ; thence north by Pogue's Run 
to Clifford avenue ; thence north by the east corpora- 
tion line to the north corporation line; thence west 
by the north corporation line to Alabama street; 
thence south by the center of Alabama street to Home 
avenue; thence east by the center of Home avenue 
to Central avenue ; thence south by the center of Cen- 
tral avenue to Cherry street ; thence east by^the cen- 
ter of Cherry street to Park avenue; thence south by 
the center of Park avenue to the place of beginning. 

No. 11. 

Corner Fourth and Tennessee Streets. 
GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of North street and 
the Canal; thence east by the center of North 
street to Illinois street; thence north by the center of 
Illinois street to First street; • thence east by the 
center of First street to Pennsylvania street; thence 
north by the center of Pennsylvania street to Home 
avenue; thence east by the center of Home avenue 
to Alabama street; thence north by the center of 



74 DISTRICTS FOR 



Alabama street to the corporation line ; thence west 
by the north corporation line to the west corporation 
line; thence south by the west corporation line to the 
line of First stieet; thence east by the center of First 
street to the Canal ; thence south by the Canal to the 
place of beginning. 

PRIMARY. 

For primary schools, the west boundary is the 
Canal. 

No. 12. 

Corner West and McCarty Streets, 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of White river and 
the T. H. & I. R. R ; thence east along said R. R. 
to Tennessee street; thence south by the center of 
Tennessee street and the line of Tennessee street to 
the corporation line; thence west by the corporation 
line to White river; thence along White river to the 
place of beginning. 

No. 13. 

Corner Buchanan and Beaty Streets. 
GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of East and South 
streets; thence east by the center of South street and 
Fletcher avenue to Dillon street; thence south by the 
center of Dillon and Shelby streets to the corporation 



SCHOOL PURPOSES. 75 



line; thence west to East street; thence north by the 
center of East street to the place of beginning. 

PRIMARY. 

For primary schools, the northern boundary is the 
center of McCarty street and Virginia avenue. 

No. 14. 

Ohio Street, east of Highland Avenue. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of Washington street 
and the Union railway tracks; thence east by the 
center of Washington street to the Michigan road; 
thence south-east by the center of Michigan road to 
State street ; thence north by the center of State street 
to Washington street; thence east by the center of 
Washington street to the city limits ; thence north on 
the east line of the city to Clifford avenue; thence 
west by the center of Clifford avenue to Pogue's Run; 
thence south by Pogue's Run to St. Clair street; 
thence west by the center of St, Clair street to the 
C, C, C & I. railway tracks; thence southward 
along the railway tracks to place of beginning. 

No. 15. 

Market Street, between West and California Streets. 

PRIMARY. 

Beginning at the intersection of New York street 
and the Lafayette railroad; thence south along the 



76 DISTRICTS FOR 



Lafayette railroad to Washington street ; thence west 
by the center of Washington street to White river ; 
thence north along White river and the mill-race to 
New York street; thence east by the center of New 
York street to the place of beginning. 

No. 16. 

Indianola, corner Ray and Plum Streets. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

No. 1 6 includes all territory within the city limits 
west of White river. 

No. 17. 

Corner West Michigan Road and Huntington Street. 
PRIMARY. 

Beginning at the intersection of North street and 
the Canal; thence west by the center of North street 
to Indiana avenue ; thence west by the center of In- 
diana avenue to the corporation line ; thence east by 
the corporation line to the Canal; thence south by 
the Canal to the place of beginning. 

No. 18. 

Yandes Street, betiueen Hotne Avenue and Lincoln Street. 

No. 19. 

Shelby Street, south of Prospect Street. 
Nos. 1 8 and 19 are schools for colored pupils, with 
no boundaries prescribed. 



SCHOOL PURPOSES. 77 

'No. 20. 

spruce Street, south of Prospect Street. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of Shelby street and 
the corporation line ; thence east to the east corpora- 
tion line ; thence north by the east corporation line to 
the line of Fletcher avenue ; thence east by the center 
of Fletcher avenue to Dillon street ; thence south by 
the center of Dillon street and Shelby street to the 
place of beginning. 

No. 21. 

Nezv York Street, between Illinois and Tennessee Streets. 

School for colored pupils. No boundaries pre- 
scribed. 

No. 22. 

Corner Chestnut and Hill Streets. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the intersection of Ray and Tennes- 
see streets ; thence east by the center of Ray street to 
the J., M. & I. R. R.; thence south on the J., M. & 
I. R. R. to the line of Cob urn street; thence east by 
the center of Coburn street to the intersection of Co- 
burn street and the first alley east of High street; 
thence south by the center of said alley to Yeiser 
street; thence east by the center of Yeiser street to 
East street; thence south by the center of East street 
to the corporation line ; thence west by the corpora- 



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tion line to Tennessee street; thence north on Ten- 
nessee street to Ray street the place of beginning. 

No. 23. 

Corner Fourth a?td Howard Streets. 

No. 24. 

Corner North and Minerva Streets. 

Nos. 23 and 24 are schools for colored pupils, with 
no boundaries prescribed. 

No. 25. 

Corner New Jersey and Merrill Streets. 
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR. 

Beginning at the junction of the Union railway- 
tracks and the J., M. & I. R. R ; thence south by the 
J,, M. & I. R. R. to line of Coburn street; thence 
east by the center of Coburn street to the intersection 
of Coburn street and the first alley east of High street; 
thence south by the center of said alley to Yeiser 
street; thence east by the center of Yeiser street to 
East street; thence north by the center of East street 
to Louisiana street; thence west by the center of 
Louisiana street to Virginia avenue; thence north- 
west by the center of Virginia avenue to the Union 
railway tracks ; thence west along the Union railway 
tracks to the place of beginning. 



Rules and Regulations 



G^OVERNMENT 



Public Schools of Indianapolis 



CLASSIFICATION. 

The Public Schools of the city shall be divided 
into twelve grades. The four lowest grades shall 
constitute the Primary Department, the second four 
grades the Grammar Department, and the four highest 
grades the High School Department. 

The District Schools comprise the Primary and 
Grammar Departments. 

TERMS, VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS, ETC 

Section i. The school year shall consist of ten 
months of four weeks each, and shall commence on the 
first Monday of September of each year. Thanksgiving 
day and the day following, and the twenty-second 
day of February shall be observed as holidays. The 



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schools may be closed by order of the Board upon 
other days, not to exceed three days in the school 
year. 

Sec. 2. There shall be three vacations each year 
as follows : One during the Christmas holidays, the 
duration of which shall be determined each year by 
the Board of School Commissioners; one of a week's 
duration, commencing on the last Monday in March, 
and one of ten weeks' duration in the months of June, 
July and August. The President of the Board may 
grant leave of absence from school to any teacher for 
a satisfactory reason. 

SCHOOL HOURS. 

Sec. 3. High School. — The daily session of the 
High School begins at 8:40 A, M., and closes at 
1:30 p. M. 

Training School. — The daily session of the 
Training School begins at 8:30 A. M., and closes at 
1:00 p. M. 

District Schools — The morning session of the 
District Schools begins at 9 A. m., and closes at 12 m. 
The afternoon session begins at 1:30 P. M., and closes 
at 3:30 p. M , for second and third grades, and for all 
other grades at 4 P. M. 

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEIR DUTIES. 

Sec. 4. The Assistant Superintendents shall be 
responsible, under the direction of the Superintendent, 



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for the observance and enforcement of the Rules and 
Regulations of the Board of School Commissioners, 
and in the discharge of these duties shall be entitled 
to the respect and deference of the teachers. They 
shall visit all the schools as often as practicable; pay 
particular attention to the classification of the pupils 
in the several schools, and to the apportionment among 
the classes of the prescribed studies. They shall be 
authorized, at any time during the year, to promote 
any pupil to a grade higher than the one to which he 
belongs, or to send him to the grade next below, as 
they may think the best interests of the pupil and the 
school require. In passing daily from school to school 
they shall endeavor to transfer improvements and 
remedy defects. 

Sec. 5. The Assistant Superintendents shall make 
monthly reports to the Superintendent of the number 
of visits made by them respectively to the several 
schools under their supervision, together with a state- 
ment of the amount of time spent in each school. It 
shall also be their duty immediately after the semi- 
annual and annual examinations of each year to 
make a careful report to him of the work, methods 
of instruction employed, and success of each one of 
the teachers, together with any suggestions they may 
have to make respecting the course of study, disci- 
pline, or other topics of general interest, and to 
CO operate with the Superintendent in carrying out 
the directions of the Board. 



RULES 



PRINCIPAL OF NORMAL SCHOOL. 

Sec. 6, It shall be the duty of the Principal of 
the Normal School to investigate as carefully as pos- 
sible the moral character of all candidates for entrance 
to his school ; to direct the examinations for entrance, 
and, under the direction of the Superintendent, to 
decide upon the admission of all pupils. He shall 
direct the methods of instruction employed in the 
Normal School, and plan the course of study pursued 
by the pupil-teachers. He shall have such general 
oversight of the practice-schools as shall tend to the 
realization in these schools of the methods taught in 
the theory department. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the several critic 
teachers to plan in detail the daily work of the pupil- 
teachers assigned to their charge, and assist these 
teachers in carrying out the same with the pupils- 
They shall frequently talk over in a kindly way with 
their practice-teachers, the successes and failures in 
the daily work of the latter, devising means of re- 
moving defects and increasing efficiency in such work. 
The critics shall so supplement the work of practice- 
teachers that the schools taught by them shall not 
materially suffer from the inexperience of such prac- 
tice-teachers. They shall report to the Principal of 
the Normal School, from time to time, the degree of 
proficiency attained by each practice-teacher under 
their charge, together with any suggestion tending to 
increase such proficiency. They shall attend any 



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meetings called by the Principal of the Normal School 
for discussion of methods of instruction or discipline, 
or for the consideration of any topic pertaining to the 
management of the practice-schools. 

SUPERVISING SPECIAL TEACHERS. 

Sec, 8. It shall be the duty of the Supervising 
Special Teachers to plan as definitely as may be the 
work in their respective subjects, and visit as often as 
practicable the various school-rooms of the city, either 
instructing the pupils or examining them with a view 
to determine the eii&ciency of the instruction given by 
the regular teaclier in charge. They shall make a 
written report to the Superintendent, annually, and at 
such other times as he may direct, showing the meth- 
ods of instruction employed, and the condition and 
progress of the work in their respective subjects, to- 
gether with such suggestions and recommendations as 
will in their opinion remedy existing defects or in- 
crease the efficiency of the work in their departments. 
They shall give such instruction in the Saturday Insti- 
tutes as will give to the regular teacher of each school 
an intelligent comprehension of the work to be done 
by her in these subjects between the visits of the 
Special Teacher. 

Sec. 9. Each Special Teacher shall work upon a 
regular programme, arranged by him under the direc- 
tion of the Superintendent. 



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PRINCIPALS. 

Sec. io. Principals shall be held responsible for 
the general management of their several schools. 
They shall see that the school-houses are opened at 
8:15 A. M., and the hour announced by the ringing of 
the bells on all the school-houses that have them. 
The rooms shall be made comfortably warm at this 
hour, and the "Principal, with one or more teachers, 
shall be present and exercise a general care over the 
pupils, and at all times they shall give special atten- 
tion to the protection, health and comfort of the 
pupils. They shall punctually observe the hours for 
opening and closing schools. They shall establish 
special rules for securing good order in the stair- 
ways, halls and school-yards under their supervision, 
and for preventing pupils from collecting in groups in 
the adjacent streets and alleys before and after school. 

Sec. II. They shall see that the school buildings 
are properly cleaned, warmed and ventilated, and 
shall be held responsible for any want of neatness or 
cleanliness about the school premises, and they shall 
prescribe such rules for the use of the outbuildings 
connected with the school-houses as shall insure their 
being kept in a neat and proper condition. It shall 
be theduty of the Principal of each school to cause the 
doors of the coal-houses and the outside doors of his 
schooh house to be locked and the windows and win- 
dow-shutters of the same to be properly closed every 
day after the close of school. 



AND REGULATIONS. 



Sec. 12. They shall examine the registers of the 
teachers as often as once a month, and give such direc- 
tion and assistance as may be necessary to secure 
accuracy and uniformity. 

Sec. 13. They shall see that the teachers within 
their respective buildings are promptly notified and 
duly advised as to all rules and regulations pertaining 
to the government and classification of their schools, 
and that liiey carry out the same in every particular. 
They shall see that parents are duly notified of the 
absence of their children in all cases when the cause 
of absence is unknown, or is not satisfactory to the 
teacher; and they shall have power to suspend pupils 
temporarily for insubordination or irregularity of at- 
tendance. 

Sec. 14. They shall report to the Superintendent 
upon the Tuesday succeeding the close of each school 
month, the condition of their several schools, and shall 
make an annual report at the close of the year in. accord- 
ance with the requirements, upon blanks furnished 
for the purpose, and shall report to the Superintend- 
ent any refusal, after due and proper admonition, on 
the part of a teacher or pupil to comply with the reg- 
ulations of the Board. 

TEACHERS. 

Sec. 15. No person under the age of nineteen 
years shall be appointed as teacher in any public 
school. 



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Sec. i6. Teachers v/ho pass the examination re- 
quired by the Board shall receive a trial certificate, 
testifying to their moral character and intellectual 
attainments. At the expiration of the time for which 
the trial certificate was granted they shall be granted 
a permanent certificate ; Provided, They shall sustain 
a satisfactory examination in the additional branches 
required by the Board; and Provided, further ^ That 
their services in instruction and discipline have been 
satisfactory to the Committee on Appointment of 
Teachers and to the Superintendent. 

Sec. 17. The tenure of office of all teachers shall 
be at the pleasure of the Board, and superior qualifi- 
cations as to moral character, literary attainments, 
industry and practical skill shall be specially regarded 
in their employment and continuance. 

They shall have the right to resign only when two 
weeks' notice of such intention is given, and the 
Board reserves the right to suspend or dismiss any 
teacher, for violation of rules, unfitness or incompe- 
tence, at any time. 

Sec. 18. Whenever any teacher shall be tempo- 
rarily absent from school, it shall be the duty of the 
said teacher to send notice forthwith to the Principal 
of the school, with a statement of the reason and prob- 
able time of such absence, and if any doubt exists in 
respect to the time of returning, then the teacher shall 
afterwards send seasonable notice to the Principal of 
the school of the time when she is to return. When 



AND REGULATIONS. 87 

a teacher returns to school after a temporary absence 
and fails to send notice, as required above, in time to 
save the substitute the trouble of going to the school, 
the substitute shall receive pay for one half-day, and 
the same shall be deducted from the pay of the 
teacher. All teachers when absent from school shall 
forfeit their salaries during the continuance of such 
absence. 

In case of the absence of a Principal, the notices 
above required shall be sent to the Superintendent. 

Sec. 19. Substitutes fpr teachers absent shall be 
employed by the Principals, under the direction of 
the Superintendent, at such compensation as may be 
fixed by the Board, 

Sec. 20. All teachers shall devote themselves ex- 
clusively to the duties of their schools during school • 
hours, and shall use every available means for their 
improvement in the work of instruction and discipline. 
They shall attend faithfully such meetings as may be 
called by the Superintendent for counsel and mutual 
improvement; and for absence from, or tardiness at, 
such meeting, shall suffer the same deduction from 
their salaries as herein provided for absence or tardi- 
ness in their daily work. 

Sec. 21. They shall make a faithful record upon 
the daily register of all items required therein, and 
shall make, before leaving the school-building, upon 
the last Friday of each school month, an accurate 
monthly report to the Principal, in accordance with 



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instructions on monthly report blanks. They shall 
keep such other records, and make such other reports, 
as the Superintendent may require. All work except 
the daily record must be done outside of school hours. 

Sec. 22. All the teachers are expected to make 
themselves familiar with the provisions of these regu- 
lations, and to co-operate with the Board at all times 
in taking such measures as may be necessary to secure 
their obsei-vance. A faithful compliance with all 
rules relating to teachers shall be one of the condi- 
tions on which they retain their connection with the 
Public Schools. 

Sec. 23. All the teachers of the Public Schools 
are required to be at their respective school rooms 
and report themselves to the Principal, both morning 
and afternoon, at least fifteen minutes before the hour 
of opening schools, and all teachers failing to report, 
except from sickness or unavoidable cause, shall suf- 
fer a deduction from their salaries of one-fourth of a 
day's pay for each failure. 

All teachers are expected to enter upon the open- 
ing services of their respective schools at the precise 
minute appointed, and on no account shall they dis- 
miss their pupils earlier than the appointed time, nor 
for any day or part of a day, without permission from 
the Superintendent. 

Sec. 24, The morning exercises in each school 
shall commence with reading the scriptures or other 
appropriate matter, and that exercise may be followed 



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by the repetition of the Lord's Prayer and by appro- 
priate singing. 

All teachers shall carefully guard against the intro- 
duction of questions of a sectarian or partisan charac- 
ter. They shall also refuse to read or to circulate 
any advertisement of any kind whatever, and shall 
not allow any person the privilege of exhibiting any 
book, map or other articles, or of reading or announc- 
ing, in any form, any advertisement or notice of any 
entertainment, or of distributing upon school premises 
any books, tracts or other publications. They shall 
not receive any present obtained by contributions from 
the pupils. No teacher shall allow a subscription or 
contribution of any kind to be taken up in any Public 
School without the consent of the Board. 

Sec 25. Each teacher shall be held responsible 
for the order and discipline of his own room, practic- 
ing such discipline as would be exercised by a kind, 
firm and judicious parent in his family. 

Sec. 26. They shall avoid corporal punishment 
when good discipline can be preserved by milder 
means. 

Each teacher shall make out a full and complete 
statement in writing of each case in which corporal 
punishment has been inflicted by him upon any pupil, 
specifying the name, age and grade of the pupil 
punished, the offense charged, and the kind and de- 
gree of punishment inflicted, which statement shall be 
given to the Principal, to be by him forwarded imme- 
diately to the Superintendent, 



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Sec. 27. The teachers of all grades in the District 
Schools shall allow a recess each half day, not exceed- 
ing fifteen minutes from the time the pupils leave 
their seats until they are again seated. Whenever 
pupils are detained in the school-room at recess, they 
shall be allowed to pass out after the recess is closed. 
All pupils shall be required to pass out of the school- 
room at recess, unless it would occasion an exposure 
of health ; but they shall never be required to remain 
out when the exposure would be injurious to health. 

The teachers in the Public Schools are not per- 
mitted to detain any pupil at the noon recess for any 
purpose other than that of discipline, and the deten- 
tion for this cause shall be determined upon by the 
teacher and Principal of the building. 

Teachers may detain pupils at the close of the 
afternoon session for purposes of discipline, instruc- 
tion or study, not to exceed thirty minutes, provided 
that pupils in the primary grades shall not be de- 
tained for study. 

Sec. 28. Teachers shall have charge of such classes 
as may be assigned them by the Committee on Ap- 
pointment of Teachers and the Superintendent. They 
shall be subject to the direction of the Principals, and 
shall co-operate with them not only during school 
hours but during the time when the pupils are on the 
school premises, before and after school and during 
recesses. 

Sec. 29. Teachers shall be permitted to visit other 
schools of the same grade as their own, for purposes 



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of improvement, not exceeding in all two half-days in 
any one year, and their schools shall be dismissed dur- 
ing the time of such visits. 

When teachers are thus permitted to visit other 
schools they shall spend the entire time of the school 
session in observing the work of such teachers as the 
Superintendent or his Assistants may designate. 

Sec. 30. No teacher shall be allowed to employ 
his time outside of school hours in any manner which 
will, in the Opinion of the Comm.ittee upon the Ap- 
pointment of Teachers, interfere with his efficiency or 
usefulness as a teacher in the Public Schools. 

Sec. 31. It shall be the duty of each teacher to 
read to the pupils, from time to time, so much of the 
rules as apply to them, that they may have a clear 
understanding of the rules by which ihey are gov- 
erned, 

VENTILATION AND TEMPERATURE. 

Sec. 32. It shall be the duty of the teachers to 
give vigilant attention to the ventilation and tempera- 
ture of their school rooms, and to make themselves 
familiar with the means by which their respective 
rooms may be properly ventilated. A regular system 
of ventilation shall be practiced in Mdnter as well as 
in summer, by which the air in all their school rooms 
shall be effectually changed at recess, and at such 
other times as may be necessary to prevent the breath- 
ing of impure air. Children shall in no case be 
allowed to sit in a draught of air. 



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Sec. 2^ — None but the children and wards of bona 
fide residents of Indianapolis and those properly- 
transferred in accordance with the school law shall 
be admitted to the Public Schools, and none shall be 
admitted who are not at least six years of age> 
Provided, That the Superintendent may admit pupils 
who are non-residents on payment of tuition at the 
rate of twenty-five dollars per year for each pupil in 
the district schools, and forty dollars for each pupil in 
the High School in case such admission will not pre- 
vent the seating of resident pupils. 

MEMBERSHIP OF PUPILS. 

Sec. 34. Pupils must attend the school in the dis- 
trict in which they reside; unless for some special 
reason the Superintendent of Schools transfers pupils 
to another district. 

Sec. 35. No pupil shall be admitted into any 
public school who cannot furnish satisfactoiy evidence 
that he or she has been vaccinated or otherwise 
secured against smallpox, and no pupil affected with 
any contagious disease, or coming from a house where 
such disease exists, shall be allowed to remain in 
any public school. 

Sec. 36. Any child coming to school without 
proper attention having been given to the cleanliness 
of his person or his dress, or whose clothes need 
repairing, may be sent home to be properly prepared 
for the school room. 

Sec. 37. No pupil shall be allowed to retain con- 



AND REGULATIONS. 93 



nection with any public school unless furnished with 
books, slate and other articles required: Provided, 
That no pupil shall be excluded for such cause until 
the parent or guardian shall have had one week's 
notice, and been furnished by the teacher with a list 
of the books or articles needed 

Sec, 38. Whenever a pupil passes from one pub- 
lic school to another, he shall be required to present 
to the Principal of the school which he wishes to 
enter, a certificate from the Principal of the school 
which he leaves, stating that he is in good standing at 
the time of leaving, and specifying the grade and 
class to which he belongs. He shall then be allowed 
to enter a class in the same grade as that which he 
left. 

Sec. 39. In all cases of absence from school, 
whether with intention of returning or not, whether 
the absence be occasioned by sickness or other causes 
including suspension of pupils, but excepting solely 
the case of transfer to some other public school in 
this city, the pupil's name shall be kept on the roll as 
belonging for three days and dropped uniformly in 
case he does not return at the beginning of the 
seventh half day. 

ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS. 

Sec. 40. In all cases of tardiness or absence, ex- 
cuses shall be required of parents or guardians, in 
writing or in person, stating the cause of the same. 
When such an excuse is not sent by the pupil, the 



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teacher may send for it, with permission of principal. 
Excuses shall be valid only in case of sickness of 
pupil, family, or other urgent necessity. 

Any pupil in the High School or in the Grammar 
Department who shall be absent four half- days in four 
consecutive weeks, without valid excuse; also, any 
pupil in the Primary Department who shall be absent 
six half-days in the same length of time, without like 
excuse, shall be suspended from attendance at the 
school, such suspension to remain in force until satis- 
factory assurance is given that attendance will, as far 
as possible, be regular thereafter. 

In every case of unexcused absence, the teacher 
shall inform the parent or guardian, either in person 
or by note, as early as practicable. 

In the application of the foregoing rule, each tardi- 
ness shall be regarded as an absence. 

Absences v/hich occur when the attendance of the 
pupil would occasion a serious and imprudent expo- 
sure of health, shall be regarded the same as absences 
occasioned by sickness. 

Whenever the absence of the pupil is occasioned 
by sickness and the teacher does not receive a proper 
notice of the cause till the pupil is suspended, the 
pupil should be restored upon an explanation of the 
cause, either in person or by note to the teacher and 
not to the Superintendent. 

DUTIES OF PUPILS. 

Sec. 41. All pupils shall be cleanly in person 



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and dress, polite in conduct, truthful and chaste in 
language, and studious during school-hours. 

The use of tobacco and of profane language upon 
or about the school premises is strictly forbidden. 

Pupils shall be quiet and respectful on the streets 
and about the school premises. They shall not mar 
nor deface nor injure, in any manner whatever, the 
desks or furniture of the school-rooms, the walls or 
ceilings of the school buijdings, the stairways, fences 
or outbuildings upon the school grounds. 

Any damage done to school property by any pupil, 
shall be repaired at the expense of the party commit- 
ting the trespass. 

Pupils shall be held responsible for their conduct 
on their way to and from school. 

Sec. 42. For violation of any of the provisions of 
this section the pupil may be suspended by the teacher, 
with the concurrence of the Principal, in which case 
the teacher shall immediately report such suspension, 
with a written statement of the reason thereof, to the 
parent or guardian and to the Superintendent. 

Sec. 43. Whenever the Principal of any school 
shall report to the Superintendent the name of any 
pupil whose conduct is considered such, in school or 
out, that he is unfit to be a member of the school, the 
Superintendent shall examine the case without delay, 
and if in his opinion the pupil has been duly admon- 
ished, and reformation appears to be hopeless, he may 
suspend such pupil from school. 



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RESTORATION OF PUPILS. 

Sec. 44, In case of suspension for absence or 
tardiness under the provisions of section 40, the pupil 
may be restored on a first suspension by the Principal ; 
but on a second or subsequent suspension he shall be 
restored by the Superintendent only. 

Pupils suspended for any cause other than absence 
or tardiness shall be restored by the Superintendent 
only. 

Sec. 45. No lessons for honne study shall be 
assigned to pupils of primary grades. 

To pupils of grades five and six may be assigned 
one lesson, only, and to pupils of grades seven and 
eight may be assigned two lessons one of which shall 
be spelling. 

Pupils studying German may be required, in addi- 
tion to the home study above provided for, to prepare 
at home any lesson prepared by other pupils during 
the time devoted to German upon the daily programme. 

Sec. 46. There shall be a written examination for 
the promotion of pupils, held at the middle and at 
the close of each school year. 

instruction in GERMAN. 

Sec. 47. Instruction in the German language 
shall be given in the second, third, fourth, sixth, 
seventh, ninth, eleventh, twelveth, thirteenth four- 
teenth, twentieth, twenty second and twenty-fifth dis- 
tricts, and in the High School. 



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Sec. 48. Hereafter instruction in German shall be 
introduced into such schools as have an attendance 
of one hundred or more pupils who wish to study 
German, provided the school be held in a building 
suitable for the purpose, and that the parents of the 
children attending the school shall petition therefor. 

Sec. 49. There shall be appointed a Teacher of 
German for the High School, who shall also be 
Supervisor of German Instruction in the District 
Schools. He shall devise such plans as may be ex- 
pedient or necessary, and report semi-annually to the 
Superintendent the condition of said classes. He 
shall furnish the different German Teachers with in- 
struction respecting the lessons and books, and is 
empowered to convene them at some convenient time 
to consult with them about the best methods, and other 
matters pertaining to his department. He shall visit 
at least one school each day, without neglecting his 
classes; he shall examine the different schools and 
classes at the end of every scholastic year independ- 
ent of the German examination, and in general be 
governed by the corresponding rules and regulations 
of the Board applicable to him, as teacher and officer. 

Sec. 50. Female teachers shall be employed, if 
they can be obtained ; but no teacher shall be deemed 
competent to instruct in the German Department 
unless proficient also in English. 

Sec. 51. Instruction in German shall commence 
in the second grade, 



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Sec. 52. The recitations of German classes are to 
be as follows : In the second grade two lessons per 
day, one in the forenoon of twenty minutes and one 
in the afternoon of fifteen minutes. In grades three 
to eight inclusive one lesson of thirty minutes each 
day. 

Sec. 53. The instruction in the German language 
must adapt itself to the English classes, and the above 
rules as to time shall be subject to the necessities of 
the general programme. 

Sec. 54. Pupils studying German shall be allowed 
one-half the time devoted to writing in school for the 
purpose of practicing German script, provided the 
German teacher can arrange to supervise the same. 

The German language is to be used in giving in- 
struction so far as it can be understood by the pupils. 

Sec. 55. Whenever it is practicable, the instruc- 
tion in English should be so regulated by the Princi- 
pals of the different schools as not to overburden the 
pupils who wish to learn German. 

Sec. 56. No pupil who has entered a German 
class shall leave the same without the most urgent 
reasons, to be judged by the Superintendent. 

Sec. 57. The classes in German shall be formed 
at the beginning of the school year, and no pupils 
shall be admitted to them later, except after due ex- 
amination and approval by the Supervisor of German. 

Sec. 58. The boundaries of the several schools in 
which German is taught shall be no hindrance to a 



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pupil who, residing in a district in which German is 
not taught, wishes to join a German class. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Sec. 59. Whenever a parent or guardian wishes 
his child to pursue a partial course of study, or to 
leave school -during school hours at stated times, the 
Superintendent may grant such permission ; Provided, 
There are good reasons for the same, and the inter- 
ests of the school will not be seriously interfered with. 

Sec. 60. No Principal, teacher or janitor in any 
of the Public Schools of this city, nor any other em- 
ploye of this Board shall sell, or keep for sale, or in 
any manner act as agent for the sale of any book, 
map, card, paper, pencil, rubber or any other material 
used in any of the Public Schools. 

Sec. 61. The school-buildings under the control 
of the Board of School Commissioners shall not be 
used for any other purpose than the accommodation 
of the Public Schools, except by a special vote of the 
Board. 

Sec. 62. The foregoing Rules are adopted as a 
Revised Code of Rules, and all rules adopted prior to 
this revision are hereby rescinded. 



TIME TABLES. 



The following time tables are suggested for the 
work in the several grades, but they are subject to 
any modification desired by individual teachers, pro- 
vided, (i) that the relative amount of time per week 
therein prescribed for each subject shall not be mate- 
rially changed, and (2) that a copy of every revised 
programme shall be submitted to the Superintendent. 
The latter provision is essential because the pro- 
grammes are arranged partly for the convenience of 
supervisors. 



PROGRAMMES. 

FIRST GRADE. 

Advanced Class. 
A. M. 
9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 
9:10 to 9:25 Reading and spelling. Class 3. 
9:25 to 9:40 Reading and spelling, Class 2. 
9:40 to 9:50 Number, Class I 
9:50 to 10:05 General lesson. 





TIME TABLES. 


lOI 


10:05 to 10:15 Number, Class 3. 




10:15 to 10:30 Reading, Class 2. 




10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 




10:45 to 11:00 Reading, Class i. 




li:oo to 1 1: 10 Number, Class 2. 




1 1: 10 to ii:20 Reading, Class 3. 




11:20 to 11:35 Writing. 




11:35 to 11:50 Reading, Class I. 




11:50 to 12:00 Music. 


Beginning Class. 




P. M. 




1:30 to 1:40 Opening exercises. 




1:40 to 1:50 Reading and spelling, Class 2. 




1:50 to 2:00 Number, Class I. 




2:oo to 2: 10 Reading and spelling, Class 3. 




2: 10 to 2:20 Number, Class 2. 




2;20 to 2:35 General lesson. 




2:35 to 2:45 Reading and spelling. Class I. 




2:45 to 3:00 Recess. 




3:00 to 3:15 Writing. 




3:15 to 3:25 Reading and spelling. Class 3, 




3:25 to 3:35 Reading and spelling. Class 2. 




3:35 to 3:50 Reading and spelling. Class I. 




3:50 to 4:00 Music. 




SECOND GRADE. 




A. M. 




9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 




9:10 to 9:20 Spelling (oral), Class i. 







I02 TIME TABLES. 



9:20 to 9:40 Reading, Class 2. 

9:40 to 10:00 Number, Class i. 
io:oo to 10: 10 Spelling (oral), Class 2. 
10: 10 to 10:30 General lesson. 
10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 
10:45 to 11:05 Reading, Class i. 
11:05 to 11:25 Writing. 
11:25 to 11:40 Number, Class 2. 
11:40 to 11:50 Spelling (written), Classes I and 2. 
11:50 to i2:oo Music. 

p. M. 

1:30 to 1:55 Reading and spelling, Class 2. 

1:55 to 2: 10 Number, Class I. 

2: 10 to 2:25 Drawing. 

2:25 to 2:45 Number, Class 2. 

2:45 ^^ S'^'^ Recess. 

3:00 to 3:20 Reading, Class I. 

3:20 to 3:30 Music. 

THIRD GRADE. 

A. M. 



9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 

9:10 to 9:30 Number, Class 2. 

9:30 to 9:50 Reading, Class I. 

9:50 to 10:10 Writing. 
10: 10 to 10:30 General lesson. 
10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 
10:45 to 10:55 Spelling (oral). 
10:55 to 11:15 Reading, Class 2. 



. , 


TIME TABLES. 


103 


11:15 to 11:35 Number, Class I. 




11:35 to 11:45 Written spelling. 




11:45 to 12:00 Music. 




P. M. 




1:30 to 1:55 Reading and spellir 


ig, Class 2. 


1:55 to 2:10 Number, Class i. 




2:10 to 2:25 Drawing. 




2:25 to 2:45 Number, Class 2. 




2:45 to 3:00 Recess. 




3:00 to 3:20 Reading and spelling, Class I. 


3:20 to 3:30 Music. 




FOURTH GRADE. 


A. M. 




RECITATIONS. 


STUDY. 


9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 




9:10 to 9:40 Arithmetic, Class I. 


Arith , Class 2. 


9:40 to 10: 10 Arithmetic Class 2. 


Geog., Class i. 


10: 10 to 10:30 Drawing. 




10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 




10:45 to li:io Reading, Class i. 


Rd. or Ig., CI. 2. 


ll:io to 11:35 Reading, Class 2, 


Rd. or Ig., CI. I. 


11:35 to 12:00 Writing. 




P. M. 




1:30 to 1:55 Language, Class i. 


Geog , Class 2. 


1:55 to 2:20 Language, Class 2. 


Arith., Class I. 


2:20 to 2:45 Geography, Class i. 


Arith., Class 2. 


2:45 to 3:00 Recess. 




M 



I04 



TIME TABLES. 



RECITATIONS. 

3:00 to 3:25 Geography, Class 2. 
3:25 to 3:40 Spelling. 
3:40 to 4:00 Music. 



STUDY. 

Arith,, Class i. 



FIFTH GRADE. 

*3» A. M. 

RECITATIONS. 

9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 

9: 10 to 9:40 Arithmetic, Class I. 

9:40 to 10: 10 Arithmetic, Class 2 
10: 10 to 10:30 Drawing. 
10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 
10:45 ^^ ii:io Language, Class I. 
II: 10 to 11:35 Language, Class 2. 
11:35 to 12:00 Geography, Class I. 

p. M. 
1:30 to 1:55 Reading, Class 2. 
1:55 to 2:20 Reading, Class i. 
2:20 to 2:45 Writing. 
2:45 to 3:00 Recess. 
3:00103:15 Spelling. 
3:15 to 3:40 Geography, Class 2. 
3:40 to 4:00 Music. 



STUDY. 

Arith., Class 2. 
Geog., Class i. 



Geog., Class 2. 
Arith,, Class i. 
Arith., Class 2. 

Lg. or rd., CI. I. 
Lg. or rd., CI. 2. 



Arith., Class i, 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES 

A. M. 
RECITATIONS. STUDY. 

9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 

9:10 to 9:40 Arithmetic, Class i. Arith., Class 2. 



TIME TABLES. 


105 


RECITATIONS. 


STUDY. 


9:40 to 10:05 Reading, Class 2. 


Geog., Class i. 


10:05 to 10:30 Reading, Class i. 


Geog., Class 2. 


10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 




10:45 to 11:05 Spelling. 




11:05 to 11:40 Arithmetic, Class 2. 


Lang., Class i. 


11:40 to 12:00 Music. 




p. M. 




1:30 to 1:55 Geography, Class I. 


Lang., Class 2. 


1:55 to 2:20 Geography, Class 2. 


Read'g, Class I. 


2:20 to 2:45 Writing. 




2:45 to 3:00 Recess. 




3:00 to 3:30 Language, Class i. 


Read'g, Class 2. 


3:30 to 4:00 Language, Class 2. 


Arith., Class i. 


EIGHTH GRADE. 


• A. M. 




RECITATIONS. 


SlUDY. 


9:00 to 9:10 Opening exercises. 




9:10 to 9:25 Spelling. 




9:25 to 9:55 Language, Class I. 


History, Class 2, 


9:55 to 10:30 Language, Class 2. 


History, Class I. 


10:30 to 10:45 Recess. 




10:45 to 11:20 Arithmetic, Class I. 


Lang., Class 2. 


11:20 to 12:00 Arithmetic, Class 2. 


Lang., Class i. 


P. M. 




1:30 to 2:10 History, Class I. 


Arith., Class 2. 


2:10 to 2:45 History, Class 2. 


Arith., Class i. 



I06 TIME TABLES, 



2:45 to 3:00 Recess. 
3:00 to 3:40 Reading. 
3:40 to 4:00 Music. 



NOTES. 

Pupils of the first grade have drawing with the 
general lesson in the forenoon, and with the writing 
in the afternoon. 

Pupils of the sixth grade take drawing twice a 
week in place of writing, and once a week at the 
option of the teacher. 

Pupils of the seventh grade have drawing three 
times a week in place of writing. 

Pupils of the eighth grade have drawing twice a 
week in place of reading. 

During the last half of the eighth year, physiology 
is studied in place of histoiy. 

During the last quarter of the seventh year, history 
is taken in place of geography. 

The work in science is included in the general 
lesson in grades i, 2 and 3, and in language in grades 
4 and 5. 

In case there are two grades in one room, the pro- 
gramme assigned to the higher grade should be fol- 
lowed for both. 



PUBLIC LIBRARY 



AND 



REALINa BOOMS, 

Corner Circle and Meridian streets, (in Library Building. 

Open daily (Sundays included,) from 

9 A. M. to 9 p. M. 

Free to all Citizens of Indianapolis. 



OFFICERS, 1879-80. 

LIBRARIAN. 

A. W. Tyler, - - - 188 North Illinois St. 

LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 

N. A. Hyde, Chairman, 116 North Alabama street. 
Joseph J. Bingham, 148 West Maryland street. 
H. G. Carey, 284 North Meridian street. 
Robert Browning, 7 and 9 East Washington street. 

CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

C. C. Hines, 3, 4 and 5 Wright's Block. 

Oscar C. McCuUoch, 565 North Tennessee street. 

Mrs. M. N. McKay, 156 Ash street. 

Mrs. India Harris, 744 North Meridian street. 



Io8 LIBRARY RULES 



ATTENDANTS. 

Miss Fannie Currie, 614 North Pennsylvania street. 
Miss Charlotte H. Allen, 134 Virginia avenue. 
Mrs. I. McElhennen, 176 West Ohio street. 
Miss Libbie Lloyd, 200 South Missouri street. 
Miss Alice B. Wick, 712 Noith Meridian street. 
Miss Cynthia A. Routh, 519 Broadway. 

NIGHT ATTENDANTS. 

Eugene G. Kreider, 469 North Illinois street, 
Joseph Keatinge, 331 North Alabama street. 
Miles Clifford, 384 North West street. 
Augustus L. Mason, 472 North East street. 



Rules and Hegulations 

Adopted by the Board of School Commissioners. 

1. The Library and Reading Rooms shall, on all 
secular days, be open and free to all citizens from 9 
o'clock A. M. to 9 o'clock p. M., and on Sundays, for 
reading and reference only, between the same hours. 

2. The Librarian, under direction of the Library 
Committee, shall have charge of the Library and 
Reading Rooms, and the books and other public 
property therein. He is responsible for the safety of 
such books and property, and for the preservation of 
order in his department. 



AND REGULATIONS. IO9 

3. The Library and Reading Rooms shall be 
closed on such days as the Library Committee may 
direct. 

4. The use of tobacco, and all conversation and 
other conduct not consistent with the quiet and 
orderly use of the Reading Rooms, is prohibited. A 
neglect to comply with this regulation, or disorderly 
conduct in either the Library or Reading Rooms, will 
lead to the parties so doing forfeiting their rights to 
use the same. 

5. Residents of Indianapolis are entitled to use 
the books of the Library upon registering their names 
and residences, and complying with either of the fol- 
lowing conditions : 

First. Giving satisfactory security in the form 
prescribed by the Board. 

Second. Depositing three dollars, and, in special 
cases, such further sums as the value of the book 
asked for may, in the judgment of the Librarian, 
require. For such deposit a receipt will be given. 

6. The Library Committee has power to admit, 
for special reasons, to the use of the Library, persons 
not actual residents of Indianapolis. 

7. Each person permitted to take books from the 
Library, will be supplied with a card inscribed with 
the name and residence. If this residence is changed, 
immediate notice must be given at the Library, and 
neglect to give this notice will subject the card holder 
to forfeiture of the card. 



no LIBRARY RULES 



8. The holder of the card is entitled to one vol- 
ume if octavo, and to two volumes of lesser size, 
being of the same vv'ork. 

9. Books may be retained two weeks, and re- 
newed for once only for the same period. The appli- 
cation for renewal must be made within the first 
fourteen days, and unless so made, the right to renew 
shall be forfeited. Books will not be allowed to be 
taken out and returned the same day for the purpose of 
obtaining the renewal of a book returned on that day, 

10. Encyclopeedias, dictionaries, other works of 
reference, and illustrated books, and such others as 
may be considered by the committee unsuitable for 
general circulation, can be used only in the building. 

11. All injuries to books, beyond reasonable wear, 
and all losses, shall promptly be made good to the 
satisfaction of the Librarian. 

12. Any one withholding a book beyond the 
period limited in these rules, shall be fined three 
cents for each day over the time, and no other book 
shall be delivered until the fine is paid. 

13. Books of recent purchase, labeled "Seven day 
Book," shall not be retained more than one week, 
and cannot be renewed. 

14. Books withheld in violation of the rules after 
proper notice to the delinquent, will be sent for, and 
to the fine will be added the expense of collection 
and serving notice. No book will be lent to the 
delinquent until such fines or charges are paid. 



AND REGULATIONS. Ill 



15. If any book is not returned within one month 
of serving notice, the Librarian shall proceed to col- 
lect, through the City Attorney the value of the 
book, with accrued fines and other charges to date of 
payment, 

16. Any one abusing the privileges of the Library 
or violating these rules, shall be temporarily sus- 
pended from the enjoyment of these privileges; and 
the case shall be reported to the committee for proper 
action thereon. 

17. These regulations are subject to alteration, 
amendment or revision, at the pleasure of the Board 
of School Commissioners. 



The Public Library was established and is main- 
tained under the authority of the Board of School 
Commissioners, for which purpose it is authorized to 
levy a tax each year of not exceeding two cents on 
the hundred dollars of taxable property assessed for 
city taxes. 

The Library contains over thirty-two thousand vol- 
umes, and forty-one hundred pamphlets, and it 
will be increased as fast as the means of the Board 
for library purposes will permit. 

A complete catalogue of the Library for the use of 
the public has been published, which will give read- 
ers information in the selection of books. 

The Board has fitted up in connection with the 



112 LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS, 

Library, convenient and well-lighted Reading Rooms 
containing many of the leading periodicals of this 
country and Europe, and also rooms where reference 
books can be perused. 

All these privileges are free to every citizen of 
Indianapolis, on the conditions prescribed by the 
Board. 

Donations of books and pamphlets will be thank- 
fully received and suitably acknowledged, and pack- 
ages of the same will be sent for when notice is left 
with the librarian. Documents relating to the his- 
tory of the City and State, and bound volumes of 
local newspapers, are especially desired. 



INDEX. 



Page. 

Advertisements 89 

Assistant superintendents, duties of. 12, 80 

Bill nights 5, 19 

Boundaries of districts for school purposes [see dis- 
tricts) . 

Boundaries of districts for election of commissioners 
[see districts) . 

Buildings — 

Care of by principals 84 

Not to be used for other than school purposes... 99 

Building and supply agent — 

Duties of. 17 

Election of. 9 

Office hours of 6 

Calendars for 1879-80 3 

Classification of schools 79 

Clerk- 
Duties of. 12, 28 

Election of. 9 

Office hours of. 50 

Collections and subscriptions 89 

Commissioners — 

Election of. 9 

Names, residences, term of office 5 

Committees, Special — 

Appointment of 10 

Committees, Standing — 

Appointment of 18 

Appointment of teachers and salaries 23 



114 INDEX. 



Page. 

Committees, Standing — Continued. 

Buildings and grounds 20 

Citizens' advisory library committee.... 7, 26 

Examination of teachers and schools 23 

Finance and auditing 19 

Furnitur"e and supplies 31 

German, music and drawing 26 

Heating, ventilation and janitors 26 

High, training and night schools 24 

Judiciary, discipline and boundaries 27 

Members of 7 

Public library 24 

Text-books and course of instruction 22 

Contagious diseases 89 

Corporal punishment 89 

Critic teachers [see training school). 

Detention of pupils 90 

Districts, boundaries for school purposes 68-78 

No. I 68 

Nos. 2 and 3 69 

Nos. 4 and 5 70 

Nos. 6 and 7 71 

Nos. 8 and 9 72 

Nos. 10 and 11 73 

Nos 12 and 13 74 

Nos. 14 and 15 75 

Nos. 16 and 17 • 7^ 

Nos. 18 and 19 76 

Nos. 20 and 21 77 

Nos. 22 and 23 77; 78 

Nos. 24 and 25 78 

Districts, boundaries for election of commissioners 30-37 

First 30 

Second and third 31 

Fourth and fifth 32 

Sixth 33 



INDEX. 115 



Page. 
Districts, boundaries for election — Continued. 

Seventh and eighth 34 

Ninth 35 

Tenth and eleventh 36 

District schools, hours of session of 79-80 

Examination of pupils. 96 

Examinations of teachers 86 

Excuses for absence of pupils 90 

German, instruction in.... 96 

Grammar department, what constitutes 79 

Heating and ventilation 84-91 

High school — 

Hours of session 80 

What constitutes 79 

Holidays — 

Number that the Board may appoint 80 

Schools closed on all legal holidays 79 

Holidays, terms and vacations 79 

Home study , 96 

Institute — 

Teachers to attend 87 

Work of special teachers in 83 

Laws regulating schools 79 

Leave of absence for teachers. President may grant... 79 
Librarian — 

Appointment of 24 

Appointment of assistants 24 

Library, Public — 

Officers of. 100 

Rules and regulations of loi 

Limiting taxation 48 

Loans, temporary 47 

Meetings of Board — 

Regular 5, 27 

Special 28 

Meetings of committees called by chairman 13 



Il6 INDEX. 



Page. 

Messenger, duties of. i8 

Election of. 9 

Morning exercises , 88 

Night schools 24 

Normal school {see training school). 

Officers and teachers of schools — 

Names of, No. of school, residence and salary... 49-67 

Office hours , 50 

Officers of Board.... 6 

Election of. 9 

Opening of schools — 

Daily 80 

Yearly 79 

Order of business 27 

Organization of Board 9 

Parents — 

Notifications to 85 

To provide books, etc 92 

To send excuses for absence..., 9^j 94 

Pay of teacher?, officers and janitors 6, 19 

President, duties of 10 

Election of 9 

May call special meetings 28 

May grant leave of absence to teachers 79 

Primary department, v^'hat constitutes 79 

Principals of schools 12, 84, 87 

Of normal school 82 

Programmes of district schools — ... 100 

Of special teachers 83 

Pupils — 

Assignment to classes 81 

Attendance 93 

Detention of ^ 90 

Duties of 94 

Excluded because of contagious diseases 92 

Home study 96 



INDEX. 117 



Page. 
Pupils — Continued. 

May be transferred ., .* 92 

Membership 92, 93 

Must provide books 92 

Non-residents pay tuition 93 

Not admitted under age of six years 92 

Not to collect in streets and alleys 84 

Promotion and demotion 81, 96 

Restoration of. 96 

Suspension of , 95 

Transfer 93 

Quorum, what constitutes 27 

Recess 90 

Registers to be examined by principals 85 

To be kept by teachers 87 

Reports of — 

Assistant superintendents • 81 

Committees , 28 

Critics 82 

Principals 85 

Superintendent 16 

Supervising teachers 83 

Teachers 87 

Residence of teachers [see teachers). 

Resolutions and orders must be offered in writing...... 28 

Restoration of pupils 96 

Rules and regulations of Board 9-30 

Rules and regulations of public schools 79 

School hours 80 

District schools So 

High school 80 

Training school 80 

School houses, location of isee districts). 

School laws for cities of 30,000 or more inhabitants 39-46 

Schools in districts „,. ., 38 

School year, opening of 79 



IlS INDEX. 



Page. 

Secretary, duties of lo 

Election of. lo 

Sessions, daily, for schools 79, 80 

Special committees, | , -jj v 

Standing committees, | ^^'' coinmittees). 

Subscriptions and collections 89 

Substitute teachers 87 

Superintendent of schools — 

Duties of. 14-17 

Election of. 9 

Supervising teachers, duties 83 

Supplies — 

Duties of building and supply agent 17 

Duties of clerk concerning 12 

Duties of committee - 21 

Duties of first assistant superintendent 12 

Duties of principals 12 

Suspension of pupils 96 

Of teachers 86 

Taxation 19-42 48 

Teachers — 

High school 50 

Names of. No. of school, residence and salary... 49-67 

Normal school 50 

Nos. I and 2 51 

Nos. 3 and 4 52, 53 

Nos. 5 and 6 54, 55 

No. 7 56 

Nos. 8 and 9 57 

No. 10 and branches 58, 59 

Nos. II and 12 59, 60 

No. 13 61 

Nos. 14 and 15 62 

Nos. 16, 17 and 18 63 

Nos. 19 and 20 64 

Nos. 21 and 22 65 



INDEX. 119 



Page. 
Teachers — Continued 

Nos. 23 and 24 66 

No. 25 67 

Teachers — 

Absence from school 86 

Duties of 87 

Employment of time 87, 91 

May visit other schools 90 

Qualifications of 85, 86 

Resignation of... 86 

Substitutes 87 

Tenure of office 86 

Terms, vacations and holidays 79 

Time tables ioc-io6 

Training school — 

Critic teachers, duties 82 

Hours of session 80 

Principal of, duties 82 

Terms of admission ^ 82 

Treasurer, duties of. n 

Election of. 9 

Tuition of non-residents 92 

Use of school buildings prohibited for any other pur- 
pose ,. 29 

Vacation, terms and holidays 79 

Vaccination 92 

Ventilation and heating 84-91 



V 
MANUAL 







OF THE 



Public Schools 

! 

OF THE 

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

Board of School Commissioners; 

OF THE 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS; 

AND THE 

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 




1879-80. 



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